"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
(70) greasy, unkempt
Kolokacji: 2
(71) crunchy, sweaty, daffy
Kolokacji: 3
1. slightly defensive = trochę obronny slightly defensive
  • "To cut and run," he said, sounding slightly defensive.
  • Right now, though, he has taken a slightly defensive posture, with a duration of slightly more than four years in his portfolio.
  • Is it my imagination or does he look slightly defensive?
  • "Well, my physique isn't what it was in the old pictures," Veronica says, slightly defensive.
  • However, a slightly defensive position is not only acceptable when riding over solid obstacles, but in most cases ideal.
  • "David is intentionally less visible than Christie," he says, seeming slightly defensive.
  • Janeway took on a slightly defensive posture, as if she were uneasy about whatever topic he might raise next.
  • We have also given him a more attacking role, as opposed to a slightly defensive one earlier.
  • I've simply got to solve the mystery, if it has a solution,' he added, with a slightly defensive air.
  • The world has changed since Feather wrote those slightly defensive words.
2. slightly apologetic = trochę przepraszający slightly apologetic
3. slightly aggressive = trochę agresywny slightly aggressive
(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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