slightly

adv

1. Slenderly; delicately.

   “He was slightly built, but tall.”

2. To a small extent or degree.

   “He weighed slightly less than his wife who was a foot shorter.”

   “And while that number is expected to shift back slightly into positive territory over this decade, fewer children today establishes an unmistakable implication for tomorrow: fewer adults available as consumers, workers and taxpayers.”