mildly
1mildly — [mīld′lē] adv. 1. in a mild manner 2. to a mild degree; somewhat to put it mildly to state it with or as if with restraint * * * See mild. * * * …
2mildly — (adv.) O.E. mildelice graciously, affably, kindly; see MILD (Cf. mild) + LY (Cf. ly) (2). Phrase to put it mildly is attested from 1929 …
3mildly — [mīld′lē] adv. 1. in a mild manner 2. to a mild degree; somewhat to put it mildly to state it with or as if with restraint …
4Mildly — Mild ly, adv. In a mild manner. [1913 Webster] …
5mildly — index fairly (moderately) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6mildly — mild|ly [ˈmaıldli] adv 1.) slightly ▪ The drug is only mildly addictive. ▪ I felt mildly depressed. 2.) to put it mildly spoken used to say that you could use much stronger words to describe something ▪ Losing two members of staff was unfortunate …
7mildly — mild|ly [ maıldli ] adverb 1. ) slightly but not very: Some of the stories were mildly amusing. 2. ) not showing any strong feelings: Hello, Hilary, he said mildly. to put it mildly SPOKEN used for saying that the words you have chosen are not as …
8mildly — adverb 1 (+ adj) slightly: The drug is only mildly addictive. 2 to put it mildly spoken used when saying that you could use much stronger words to describe something: The manager wasn t very happy, to put it mildly, when you came in two hours… …
9mildly — [[t]ma͟ɪldli[/t]] 1) see mild 2) PHRASE: V inflects You use to put it mildly to indicate that you are describing something in language that is much less strong, direct, or critical than what you really think. But not all the money, to put it… …
10mildly */ — UK [ˈmaɪldlɪ] / US adverb 1) slightly but not very Some of the stories were mildly amusing. 2) not showing any strong feelings Hello, Hilary, he said mildly. • to put it mildly …
