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mildly

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mild  (mld)
adj. mild·er, mild·est
1. Gentle or kind in disposition, manners, or behavior.
2.
a. Moderate in type, degree, effect, or force: a mild pipe tobacco; a mild sedative.
b. Not extreme: a mild winter storm.
c. Warm and full of sunshine; pleasant: a mild spring day; mild weather in June.
3. Not severe or acute: a mild fever.
4. Easily molded, shaped, or worked; malleable: mild steel.
intr.v. mild·ed, mild·ing, milds
Texas & Virginia To diminish or decrease. Used of the wind or a storm. See Regional Note at fair1.

[Middle English, from Old English milde; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

mildly adv.
mildness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.mildly - to a moderate degree; "he was mildly interested"
2.mildly - in a gentle manner; "he talked gently to the injured animal"
Translations
Spanish mildly [ˈmaɪldlɪ] advligeramente; suavemente;
to put it mildly → por no decir algo peor

French mildly [ˈmaɪldlɪ] mild advdoucement; légèrement;
to put it mildly (inf) → c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire

German mildly [ˈmaɪldlɪ] mild adv [say] → sanft;
(slight) → leicht;
to put it mildly mild → gelinde gesagt

Italian mildly [ˈmaɪldlɪ] advmitemente; dolcemente; delicatamente; leggermente;
to put it mildly → a dire poco

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" Then he added more mildly, "I have a message, dear Madam, to your husband, which I must not deliver in your presence; and, if you would suffer us to retire for a few minutes ----" But my Wife would not listen to the proposal that our august Visitor should so incommode himself, and assuring the Circle that the hour of her own retirement had long passed, with many reiterated apologies for her recent indiscretion, she at last retreated to her apartment.
The wizened-looking little man came and watched them benevolently, peering every now and then through his spectacles, and applauding mildly any particularly good stroke.
Pitcher, still mildly curious, noticed a difference in her ways this morning.
 
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