Slightly \Slight"ly\, adv. 1. In a slight manner. 2. Slightingly; negligently. [Obs.] --Shak.
slightly adv 1: to a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other" [syn: {somewhat}] 2: in a slim or slender manner; "a slenderly built woman"; "slightly built" [syn: {slenderly}, {slimly}]