Definition of Mildly

1. Adverb. To a moderate degree. "He was mildly interested"

Partainyms: Mild

2. Adverb. In a gentle manner. "He talked gently to the injured animal"
Exact synonyms: Gently
Partainyms: Gentle, Mild

Definition of Mildly

1. adv. In a mild manner.

Definition of Mildly

1. Adverb. In a mild manner. ¹

2. Adverb. To a mild degree; slightly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mildly

1. in a mild manner [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mildly

mildens
milder
mildest
mildew
mildewcidal
mildewcide
mildewcides
mildewed
mildewicide
mildewicides
mildewing
mildews
mildewy
milding
mildish
mildly (current term)
mildness
mildnesses
mildot
milds
mile
mile-a-minute
mileage
mileages
milelong
mileometer
milepost
mileposts
miler
milers

Literary usage of Mildly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Employers and Child Care: Benefiting Work and Family (1994)
"Chicken Soup in Minneapolis is a child care center for mildly ill children which received startup assistance from the Department of Health and Human ..."

2. Lincoln Literary Collection, Designed for School-room and Family Circle by John Piersol McCaskey, A. Lincoln (1897)
"Chide mildly the erring, kind language endears; Grief follows the sinful, ... Chide mildly the erring, jeer not at their fall; If strength be but human, ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"We mildly suggested " Tjalk" to skipper, but he stuck to Yacht. Well, whichever it was, she danced merrily over the waves. She did not plough through, ..."

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