mildly

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mildly

  • /ˈmaɪldli/

Rhymes with -aɪldli

adverb mildlier · more mildly · mildliest · most mildly

  1. In a mild manner. Long before you see the lean, handsome heads peering mildly over the half-doors of the loose boxes, you know that East Ilsley's business is training racehorses.
  2. To a mild degree; slightly. a mildly amusing joke

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Closest in meaning: gently, marginally, somewhat, moderately, shallowly, little, slightly, softly, lightly, faintly, bluntly, modestly, slowly, reticently, sparsely, weakly

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adv in a mild manner

Españollevemente
Portuguêsligeiramente

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@misc{mildly_2026,
  title = {mildly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mildly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}