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mildly

/ˈmaɪldli/

mildly adverb: in a mild manner.

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
    • The aroma is mildly sweet and lagery with pleasant hops; very pale gold color; the taste is clean and fresh, mildly malty, with a touch of hops in both the middle and finish; a remarkably thin body and lots of carbonation.2005, Beverage Media, volume 81, numbers 3-4, page 685

mildly meaning in Hindi, Marathi and Malayalam

mildly in Hindi

mildly, gently; without making a sound
धीरे dhīre

mildly in Marathi

mildly, gently; without making a sound
सावकाश sāvkāś

mildly in Malayalam

ശാന്തമായി, സൗമ്യതയോടെ, സാവധാനം

Examples of mildly in a sentence

  • Luckily, the cannoneer was only mildly injured when his cannon malfunctioned.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers were beaten at Anfield and United, to put it mildly, outclassed.
  • Though not poisonous, this mildly psychoactive mushroom has valuable medicinal properties.

All 40 example sentences with mildly

Forms of mildly

comparativemildlier
comparativemore mildly
superlativemildliest
superlativemost mildly

Origin of mildly

From mild + -ly.

Words formed from mildly

Phrases with mildly

Questions about mildly

What does mildly mean?
Mildly means in a mild manner.
What is mildly in Hindi?
Mildly in Hindi is धीरे (dhīre). See Mildly meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is mildly?
Mildly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce mildly?
Mildly is pronounced /ˈmaɪldli/.

Words near mildly in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mildly (page history and authors); धीरे (Hindi) (page history and authors); सावकाश (Marathi) (page history and authors); mildly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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