slightly

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The later starters in round two, including McNealy and Rory McIlroy, were also able to take advantage of slightly more benign conditions in the late evening sun.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

The song represented “a slightly different style of writing” for Thompson that required him to do “a bit more reaching back” into the past for details and felt memory.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Let’s turn to Justice Samuel Alito, whose dissent is slightly less crazy but way funnier because he’s big mad.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

Shares traded as high as $386.34 during the session, but retreated slightly from those highs to close up 67% at $311.07.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Clare, however, felt only a cold rush—his monocle teetering ever so slightly.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman