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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

ligeiramente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: liʒeiɾaˈmẽtʃi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Slightly/ˈslaɪt.li/
adverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #450 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Hoje está ligeiramente mais quente do que ontem."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    To a small degree; not considerably.

    "The weather is slightly warmer today than it was yesterday."
  2. 2

    In a way that is not serious or important.

    "She was slightly annoyed by the interruption."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English 'slight', meaning thin, smooth, or trifling, originating from Old Norse 'sléttr' meaning flat or smooth. Over time, the suffix '-ly' was added to form an adverb denoting a small degree or minor extent.

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