sightly

Example Sentences

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Relative to the S&P 500, the large banks’ P/E is only sightly below its 10-year average, but it is well below KBW’s longer-term average of 69%, cited above.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025

For full-year 2022, the California-based company sightly raised its forecast for adjusted earnings per share to between $6.35 to $6.75 from a previous view of $6.20 to $6.70.

From Reuters • Aug. 2, 2022

Sometimes if it looks like a sightly so-so set of hurled-together elite teams and quacks like a sightly so-so set of hurled-together elite teams, well, you get the idea.

From The Guardian • Aug. 10, 2017

Today, the sightly Emmanuel Episcopal Church, located on a bluff overlooking downtown, is situated where Fort Cumberland once stood.

From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2016

Viwe was a sightly but shy girl who stayed close to her mother’s hip as she gave me a quick hug.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore