slightly Copy link Outline 1. lĕvĭter2. but slightly, părum3. nonnĭhil (to some extent) • slightly: 1. lĕvĭter: s. wounded, l. saucius (sauciatus, vulneratus), Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154: to be s. ill, l. aegrotare, id. Off. 1, 24, 83: a staff s. curved, l. [? leniter] inflexum bacillum, id. Div. 1, 17. 2. but slightly, părum: though (the letter) is written it is but s. sounded, etiamsi scribitur, parum exprimitur, Quint. 9, 4, 40: v. little (adv.). 3. nonnĭhil (to some extent): usu. with verbs: v. somewhat. Sometimes adjj. or verbs compounded with sub may serve: e. g. s. countrified or clownish, subrusticus, subagrestis, Cic. Br. 74, 259: s. absurd, subabsurdus, id.: s. sour, subacidus, Cato: to be s. angry, subirascor, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 72: to laugh s., subridere; etc. (But succensere = to cherish resentment in the mind.)