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Slightly vs More_or_less - What's the difference?

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Slightly is a related term of more_or_less.


As adverbs the difference between slightly and more_or_less

is that slightly is slenderly; delicately while more_or_less is approximately.

slightly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Slenderly; delicately.
    • He was slightly built, but tall.
  • To a small extent or degree.
    • He weighed slightly less than his wife who was a foot shorter.

    Synonyms

    * (to a small extent or degree) a little, marginally, somewhat

    Antonyms

    * (to a small extent or degree) quite, very

    more_or_less

    English

    Adverb

  • approximately
    • There are hundred people in the room, more or less
  • *
    • The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk
  • almost
    • I've more or less guaranteed myself a top mark in my final exams.