Sentence examples for slightly was from inspiring English sources

His hair, graying slightly, was combed back and cut neatly.

But the impediment to all of this Roman joy — or, more accurately, the factor diminishing it ever so slightly — was price.

She was wearing purple stretch pants and a purple top; her hair, which is graying slightly, was in a loose side ponytail.

Sushi-grade tuna, sauteed only slightly, was paired with a Mediterranean stew studded with artichokes, roasted peppers, garlic, confit tomatoes and zucchini.

The two classes had the same teacher for both years, but what varied, though only slightly, was the proportion of children on free school meals and who had come to us from other schools or as asylum seekers.

Burns, for example, to paraphrase the professor only slightly, was a popular poet who went to Edinburgh, fell into bad company and died young because of an addiction to drink.

"Slightly" is the crucial word.

Slightly colder is better than slightly hotter.

Being slightly pregnant is easier.

Ever so slightly, there is increasing crossover.

Slightly messy is good.