mildly

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The diet culture of the ’90s was never totally vanquished, and Ozempic has complicated narratives about body size, health, and self-love, to put it mildly.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

And as the tribunes who stir up the populace’s antipathy toward Coriolanus, William DeMeritt and Zuzanna Szadkowski are bland, seemingly unwilling to decide whether their characters are nefarious or just mildly meddlesome.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

During this extended period, when birds may appear only mildly infected, they remain capable of passing the parasite to mosquitoes.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

Mandelson apparently responds that Dimon should "mildly threaten" Darling.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

“We told you not to lie to us, sir,” he said, mildly.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman