Definition of slightly

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Slightly (adv.) Slightingly; negligently.

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Subulate :: Subtypical (a.) Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant..
Percursory :: Percursory (a.) Running over slightly or in haste; cursory.
Murrayin :: Murrayin (n.) A glucoside found in the flowers of a plant (Murraya exotica) of South Asia, and extracted as a white amorphous slightly bitter substance..
Subapennine :: Subangular (a.) Slightly angular.
Terete :: Terete (a.) Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants..
Prickle :: Prickle (v. t.) To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points..
Suffruticose :: Suffrutescent (a.) Slightly woody at the base.
Soursop :: Soursop (n.) The large succulent and slightly acid fruit of a small tree (Anona muricata) of the West Indies; also, the tree itself. It is closely allied to the custard apple..
Limbous :: Limbous (a.) With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.
Tip :: Tip (v. t.) To strike slightly; to tap.
Turmeric :: Turmeric (n.) The root or rootstock of the Curcuma longa. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test..
Patulous :: Patulous (a.) Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers..
Dollar :: Dollar (n.) A coin of the same general weight and value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries..
Singe :: Singe (v. t.) To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin..
Lozenge :: Lozenge (n.) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil..
Wormwood :: Wormwood (n.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term is often extended to other species of the same genus..
Myrrh :: Myrrh (n.) A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Balsamodendron Myrrha. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose..
Pulp :: Pulp (n.) A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter..
Slub :: Slub (v. t.) To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.
Mesognathous :: Mesognathous (a.) Having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic..
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