Sentence examples for slightly said from inspiring English sources

The phrase "slightly said" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a mild or subtle way of saying something, but it is not a standard expression. Example: "He slightly said that he was unhappy with the decision."

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A passenger, John M. Leonhardt Sr., 73, was injured slightly, said Mr. Leonhardt's wife, Azalia.

"We've been pushed around by the data slightly," said Michael Taylor, a senior economist at Lombard Street Research in London.

"Last year they went sideways; this year they appear to have gone backwards slightly," said electoral analyst Lewis Baston.

"But the key word is slightly," said Joseph M. Tucci, the president and chief executive of EMC, which is based in Hopkinton, Mass.

"The blackout probably shifted all of us slightly," said Senator Larry E. Craig, Republican of Idaho, who said he would still work against the eminent domain proposal.

"The administration is proposing to narrow the tax break very slightly," said David Yassky, one of the 20 co-sponsors of the new bill.

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But you slightly say, this is a Ponzi scheme.

When he's first saying this, he stumbles slightly, saying "back to India", before stopping himself.

He also later walked back the assertion slightly, saying the phone log database was used in conjunction with other programs.

A little later, he backtracked slightly, saying the only similarity he saw was in the misspelling of Beverly.

Williamson, perhaps jumping the gun slightly, says, "We've turned around a company.

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