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# mildly

«mildly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Slightly; a little; not very much: mildly annoyed** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Slightly; a little; not very much: mildly annoyed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mildly/#m1)

2) In a gentle, calm way: she spoke mildly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mildly/#m2)

3) to put it mildly: said when the truth is even stronger than your words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mildly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk «mildly» makes a word weaker: «mildly interesting», «mildly spicy». «To put it mildly» is a common phrase meaning it was actually much worse or bigger: «The test was hard, to put it mildly.» In science, «mildly acidic» means a little acidic.

### examples

- The curry is only mildly spicy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mildly/#x1)
- I was mildly surprised when he turned up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mildly/#x2)
- «Please be quiet,» said the teacher mildly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mildly/#x3)
- The film was mildly funny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mildly/#x4)
- The trip was a disaster, to put it mildly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mildly/#x5)
- Lemon juice is mildly acidic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mildly/#x6)
- The cut was mildly painful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mildly/#x7)
- He was mildly annoyed when his pen ran out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mildly/#x8)
- “I came with him,” said Tuan mildly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mildly/#x9)

### note

Adverb from «mild». Do not confuse with «wildly» (very, uncontrollably), which looks similar but means the opposite strength. «To put it mildly» is a fixed phrase.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mildly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mildly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.