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slightly

How many syllables in slightly?

  2 syllables

Divide slightly into syllables:   slight-ly
Stressed syllable in slightly:   slight-ly
How to say slightly:

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Synonyms for slightly


1 syllable
  • just
    2 syllables
    • any
    • rather
    • vaguely
    • faintly
    • somewhat
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    • elusively
    • to some extent
    5 syllables
      6 syllables
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        What rhymes with slightly

        2 syllables
        • brightly
        • lightly
        • rightly
        • sightly
        • tightly
        3 syllables
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