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The phrase 'sounds slightly' is correct and usable in written English.
You may use it when you are giving your opinion on something to express that it appears to have some potential or merits, but is not quite up to the expected standard. For example, "The project plan sounds slightly promising, but would require some further work before it can be implemented."
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She sounds slightly affronted.
Sounds slightly familiar doesn't it?
It still sounds slightly wrong.
"That sounds slightly synthy," he said.
Hammond "Hammond and May" sounds slightly respectable.
Some of the terminology sounds slightly terrifying.
Ms. Gens sounds slightly dry here.
If that sounds slightly sinister, it's not exactly.
His voice sounds slightly less majestic, slightly older, perhaps inevitably.
To students of draft history, this all sounds slightly familiar.
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He sounded slightly heartened.
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