Slightly vs Marked - What's the difference?
slightly | marked |
Slenderly; delicately.
To a small extent or degree.
Having a visible or identifying mark.
# Of a playing card: having a secret mark on the back for cheating.
Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.
(linguistics) Of a word, form, or phoneme: distinguished by a positive feature.
singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.
(mark)
As an adverb slightly
is slenderly; delicately.As an adjective marked is
.slightly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- He was slightly built, but tall.
- He weighed slightly less than his wife who was a foot shorter.
Synonyms
* (to a small extent or degree) a little, marginally, somewhatAntonyms
* (to a small extent or degree) quite, verymarked
English
Etymology 1
From (mark) (noun)Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- The eighth century BC saw a marked increase in the general wealth of Cyprus.
- e.g. in author'' and ''authoress , the latter is marked for its gender by a suffix.
- A marked man.