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Term: slightly

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "slightly": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

  1. Term
  2. slightly

slightly

Definitions

Adverb

  1. To a small degree or extent
  2. In a slim or slender manner
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "slightly".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 slightly 2 83

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "slightly".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 simply 2 171
2 especially 3 162
3 assembly 3 50
4 stanley 2 35
5 softly 2 31
6 socially 3 15
7 smoothly 2 12
8 stiffly 2 9
9 singly 2 6
10 subtly 3 6
11 sweetly 2 6
12 soberly 3 4
13 stately 2 4
14 sicily 3 3
15 soundly 2 3
16 sternly 2 3
17 snugly 2 2
18 austerely 3 1
19 steeply 2 1
20 stoutly 2 1
21 astutely 3 0
22 cicely 3 0
23 cinelli 3 0
24 civilly 3 0
25 saintly 2 0
26 sampley 2 0
27 satterly 3 0
28 siddeley 3 0
29 simerly 3 0
30 singley 2 0
31 sitterly 3 0
32 sleekly 2 0
33 slickly 2 0
34 smedley 2 0
35 smitley 2 0
36 smugly 2 0
37 snavely 2 0
38 snively 2 0
39 somali 3 0
40 southerly 3 0
41 spogli 2 0
42 stabley 2 0
43 stanly 2 0
44 stapley 2 0
45 stavely 2 0
46 steakley 2 0
47 steckley 2 0
48 steedley 2 0
49 stekly 2 0
50 stickley 2 0
51 stitely 2 0
52 stockley 2 0
53 stokely 2 0
54 stokley 2 0
55 storlie 2 0
56 straley 2 0
57 studley 2 0
58 swadley 2 0
59 swavely 2 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "slightly".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 light 1 333
2 sight 1 83
3 slight 1 53
4 lightly 2 31
5 sunlight 2 17
6 tightly 2 15
7 rightly 2 4
8 nightly 2 3
9 unsightly 3 1
10 sprightly 2 1
11 slights 1 1
12 sleight 1 1
13 skylight 2 1
14 lighty 2 0
15 golightly 3 0
16 lightle 2 0
17 leighty 2 0
18 flighty 2 0
19 sligh 1 0
20 slighted 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "slightly" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 slightly more 1 2
2 slightly larger 2 2

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "slightly" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 a slightly 1 2
2 be slightly 1 2
3 only slightly 2 2

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "slightly" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 may 1 2
2 wartime 2 2
3 leading 2 2
4 females 2 2
5 actually 4 2
6 triton 2 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "slightly".

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 59

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 2

Words that Precede: 3

Statistically Associated: 6

Consonant Matches: 0

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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