Less and Slightly

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Less adverb - Used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs.

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Slightly and less are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slightly" instead an adverb "Less".

Nearby Words: lessen, lessening

Slightly adverb - By a very small margin.

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Less and slightly are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Less" with "Slightly", this adverbs are similar.

Nearby Word: slight

Hubbard was slightly (slightly) less abusive than Miscavige, but infinitely more insane.

Source: Literature / Going Clear
In short, this is James Bond if he were even less professional and at least slightly sadistic.

Source: Alternative Character Interpretation / Film
Gun Gibson even less so, but he'll incapacitate human opponents with slightly-less-than-lethal force and leave them for the actual police.

Source: Series / Tokusou Robo Janperson

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