"slightly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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verbo + slightly
Kolokacji: 389
rise slightly • smile slightly • differ slightly • move slightly • increase slightly • bow slightly • vary slightly • fall slightly • ...
slightly + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 420
slightly different • slightly higher • slightly larger • slightly lower • slightly better • slightly smaller • slightly shorter • slightly older • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 95
(4) low, depressed, crestfallen
Kolokacji: 3
(8) sweet, musky, fragrant
Kolokacji: 3
(9) curved, wavy, curly
Kolokacji: 3
(10) long, oblong
Kolokacji: 2
(15) open, ajar, twisted
Kolokacji: 3
(16) warm, cool, chilly
Kolokacji: 3
(22) crooked, stooped
Kolokacji: 2
(28) odd, uneven
Kolokacji: 2
(29) concave, convex
Kolokacji: 2
(32) narrow, thin, shrunken, slim
Kolokacji: 4
(33) damp, moist, viscous, soggy
Kolokacji: 4
(37) disappointed, deaf
Kolokacji: 2
(38) guilty, ashamed, sheepish
Kolokacji: 3
(40) sharp, nasal, shrill
Kolokacji: 3
(43) downward, upward, steep
Kolokacji: 3
(46) misleading, disreputable
Kolokacji: 2
(47) inclined, skewed, oblique
Kolokacji: 3
(48) soluble, deep, mysterious
Kolokacji: 3
(50) sticky, embarrassing
Kolokacji: 2
(51) superior, condescending
Kolokacji: 2
(53) modified, altered
Kolokacji: 2
(55) flat, accented, balding, bland
Kolokacji: 4
(56) hoarse, husky, raspy
Kolokacji: 3
(57) firm, faster, decadent
Kolokacji: 3
(58) pointed, angled
Kolokacji: 2
(60) reminiscent, malicious
Kolokacji: 2
(61) unfocused, separated
Kolokacji: 2
1. slightly dangerous = trochę niebezpieczny slightly dangerous
2. slightly desperate = trochę zrozpaczony slightly desperate
  • I don't really buy most his arguments in that piece and he sounds more like a slightly desperate apologist than an insightful commentator.
  • If all this has a slightly desperate feel to it, it's because both parties are feeling slightly desperate.
  • The show has had its ups and downs, but it has never lost its slightly desperate edge.
  • Feeney sat behind Eve's desk, looking bemused and slightly desperate.
  • When the young man looked uncertain, the boy's voice took on a slightly desperate edge of pleading.
  • I thought I heard a slightly desperate accent on the word "must."
  • "I'm wasting my time," he muttered in a dazed, slightly desperate voice.
  • Looking at 400 pictures of one city may give you the slightly desperate sense that you should just go outdoors and see the place itself.
  • Whether the Chicago Bulls are more dangerous or slightly desperate will not be known for a while.
  • But "Mockingbird" begins on a facile, slightly desperate note.
3. slightly risky = trochę ryzykowny slightly risky
4. slightly dodgy = trochę podejrzany slightly dodgy
(70) greasy, unkempt
Kolokacji: 2
(71) crunchy, sweaty, daffy
Kolokacji: 3
(76) crisp, brittle, crispy
Kolokacji: 3
(77) nauseous, nice
Kolokacji: 2
(78) wicked, mischievous, quizzical
Kolokacji: 3
(79) wistful, sad, melancholy
Kolokacji: 3
(80) arrogant, swollen
Kolokacji: 2
(81) weary, ragged, bored
Kolokacji: 3
(84) hollow, sunken
Kolokacji: 2
(85) annoying, irritating, abrasive
Kolokacji: 3
(86) manic, chaotic
Kolokacji: 2
(87) hysterical, neurotic
Kolokacji: 2
(89) envious, jealous
Kolokacji: 2
(90) aggrieved, subversive
Kolokacji: 2
(91) pompous, off-color
Kolokacji: 2
(92) conical, anachronistic
Kolokacji: 2
(94) naive, simple, garbled
Kolokacji: 3
(95) warped, askew
Kolokacji: 2

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