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mildliest

mildliest is the superlative form of mildly.

Meaning of mildly

Adverb

mildly (comparative mildlier or more mildly, superlative mildliest or most mildly)

  1. In a mild manner.
    • Long before you see the lean, handsome heads peering mildly over the half-doors of the loose boxes, you know that East Ilsley's business is training racehorses.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164
  2. To a mild degree; slightly.
    • a mildly amusing joke

Questions about mildliest

What is mildliest the superlative form of?
Mildliest is the superlative form of mildly.

Words near mildliest in the dictionary

  1. mildews
  2. mildewy
  3. mildheartedness
  4. mildish
  5. mildlier
  6. mildliest
  7. mildly
  8. Mildmay
  9. Mildmays
  10. mildness
  11. mildnesses

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