slimly

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈslɪmli/ UK /ˈslɪmli/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

1

adv
in a slender manner; to a small degree

The team won only slimly, by a single point.

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1 adv · in a slender manner; to a... slenderly thinly scantily barely narrowly

Opposites

amply substantially thickly

Word family

Related forms slim slimness slimy

Etymology

From slim (from Dutch slim 'bad, sly, slanting', of Germanic origin) plus the adverbial suffix -ly.

slim Middle Dutch

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# slimly

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** ˈslɪmli
**IPA (UK):** ˈslɪmli

## Meanings
1. in a slender manner; to a small degree

## Examples
- The team won only slimly, by a single point.

## Synonyms
- slenderly
- thinly
- scantily
- barely
- narrowly

## Antonyms
- amply
- substantially
- thickly

## Related Forms
- slim
- slimness
- slimy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: slim

## Etymology
From slim (from Dutch slim 'bad, sly, slanting', of Germanic origin) plus the adverbial suffix -ly.

## AI Etymology
Slimly comes from slim (from Dutch slim 'bad, sly, slanting', of Germanic origin) plus the adverbial suffix -ly. The historical chain includes Dutch slim. Older glosses in the chain include "bad, sly, slanting", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, slimly is best read as suffixal formation and borrowing, yielding an English adverb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as an adverb, with the sense "in a slender manner; to a small degree". related forms include slim, slimness, and slimy. The result is an English adverb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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