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Answer for the clue "A bit ", 8 letters:
slightly
Word definitions for slightly in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slightly \Slight"ly\, adv. In a slight manner. Slightingly; negligently. [Obs.] --Shak.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adv. to a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other" [syn: somewhat ] in a slim or slender manner; "a slenderly built woman"; "slightly built" ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. 1 slenderly; delicately. 2 To a small extent or degree.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, "slenderly;" 1590s, "in a small degree," from slight (adj.) + -ly (2).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a little/slightly unfair ( also a bit unfair British English spoken ) ▪ You’re being slightly unfair on him. a little/slightly worried ( also a bit worried British English ) ▪ I was a bit worried about my exams. a ...
Usage examples of slightly.
Even so dressed, James Ludlow managed to look slightly out of place, very like a man who was too refined for life aboard a ship.
Former NATO general Wesley Clark was only slightly more explicit than all the other Democratic candidates for president, saying a woman should be free to abort her baby right up until the moment of birth.
Reuter said, in accented Anglic with the slightly pedantic twist of a CD veteran.
Wool dyes best in a slightly acid bath, and this may be taken advantage of in dyeing the yellows and blues of this group by adding a small quantity of acetic acid.
Alizarines and most of this class of dye-stuffs dye better in a slightly acid bath it is advisable to add a small quantity of acetic acid, say about one pint to every 100 lb.
And I thought the way we met, with the FBI vouching for Nield, was something slightly esoteric, a comedy 276 touch like the Acme Quick Service brothers.
He therefore resolved immediately to acquaint him with the fact which we have above slightly hinted to the reader.
Sheridan had struck up an acquaintanceship with the actor-murderer Giles, a slightly bizarre eventuality which might have odd consequences.
Its leaves are fleshy, with a bitter saline taste, whilst the juice is slightly acrid, but emollient.
Temporary relief may be given by administering one-quarter of a grain of morphine, or ten to twenty drops of chloroform in a teaspoonful of glycerine, slightly diluted, taken in one dose.
It was discovered that they had slightly different adrenal glands than normal persons.
Harding, whom he already knew slightly from meeting him at the aeroplane plant, and Mortlake himself.
A sudden, agonizing fiery ball of pain shot through him, choking his words, making him stagger slightly.
After that, the airman, with a slightly rolling gait, quickly descended the stairs and without looking back strode down the asphalted embankment past the long hospital building.
When the screen readjusted itself, Verduin saw Akers stagger backward slightly, apparently disoriented by what was coming through his helmet.