The phrase "slightly preferred" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating a mild preference for one option over another.
Example: "In this study, option A was slightly preferred by the participants compared to option B."
Alternatives: "marginally favored" or "somewhat favored."
Nalbandian slightly preferred to attack Nieminen's backhand, going there 52 percent of the time, but there was no obvious building of the point to open up a weakness.
The result is that we are no closer to knowing which search engine generates the most favoured results, though early indications suggest while Google may be slightly preferred, its margin of success is less than its market share.
The scenes created without fractal structure were slightly preferred over the scenes with fractal structure (standardize mean contrast=0.138).
Another interesting result is that PatMan and ManPat are always grouped together with Man and that they were slightly preferred than Man.
Note the slightly preferred orientation of the assembled tenorite nanoparticles in region I to show the (002) and {111} diffraction arcs.
TEM (a) BFI (left) coupled with SAED pattern (right) of the (Zn,H -codoped tenorite nanocondensate clusters with slightly preferred orientation of (111) plane.
Patient preference assessment; Definitely prefer study drug over prior treatment = 1, Slightly prefer study drug = 2, No preference = 3, Slightly prefer prior treatment = 4, Definitely prefer prior treatment = 5.
bDefinitely prefer study drug over prior treatment = 1, Slightly prefer study drug = 2, No preference = 3, Slightly prefer prior treatment = 4, Definitely prefer prior treatment = 5.
"Merrily" may be my desert-island Sondheim score, and I slightly prefer the original version.
They are very similar, but I slightly prefer the earlier one.
I slightly prefer the 2010 whites, though there are plenty of good 2009s, too.
