Explore Mildly through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like gently. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Mildly in a sentence
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Mildly meaning
- In a mild manner.
- To a mild degree; slightly.
Synonyms of Mildly
Using Mildly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a mild manner. | To a mild degree; slightly.
- Useful related words include: gently.
- In the example corpus, mildly often appears in combinations such as: it mildly, only mildly, is mildly.
Context around Mildly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mildly
- In this selection, "mildly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, something, pressures, excitable, criticizing, problematic and cooling stand out and add context to how "mildly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after a mildly softer open and also a mildly accident prone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mildly" sits close to words such as aiken, bitterly and blazer, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mildly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is mildly venomous but rarely bites. (7 words)
Many of my peers in the audience seemed mildly interested. (10 words)
Mildly flawed but a good pick for an Indian remake. (10 words)
The fact that Camilla is on kissing terms with Lord Rothermere, the Mail’s owner, is no guarantee such an appointment won’t one day bite her on the bum – and even if it doesn’t, the optics are, to put it mildly, on the strange side. (47 words)
Cut to an unlucky (to put it mildly) lady and her little boy (Dee Wallace and Danny Pintauro), whose car breaks down in the mad dog’s path, and what you’ve got here is the claustrophobic thriller to end all claustrophobic thrillers. (43 words)
In that uncertainty (to put it mildly), and as rivals to the platform proliferated, ad revenues for Twitter (which rebranded as X last month), have cratered more than 50% since late last year. (33 words)
So, am I not even mildly curious about seeing if Coogan’s take matches my memories of the real man? (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
Kilmeade added that when such esteemed minds as Newt Gingrich and Matt Schlapp are mildly criticizing the president, that means the president probably did something mildly problematic.
Closing July, we saw these pressures mildly cooling, such as a slowdown in employer spending on compensation.
Cut to an unlucky (to put it mildly) lady and her little boy (Dee Wallace and Danny Pintauro), whose car breaks down in the mad dog’s path, and what you’ve got here is the claustrophobic thriller to end all claustrophobic thrillers.
Decisions to cut industry assistance were unpopular, to put it mildly, in the sectors directly affected.
His offstage persona is fairly close to the stage one he favors — rumpled, excitable, mildly sardonic, casually authoritative.
However, because you’re a bit impulsive, it’s also a mildly accident-prone day.
How industry has to manage on its own has been, to put it mildly, overshadowed by other promises," said Sogenbits.
In that uncertainty (to put it mildly), and as rivals to the platform proliferated, ad revenues for Twitter (which rebranded as X last month), have cratered more than 50% since late last year.
It is mildly venomous but rarely bites.
It profiles as a liberal centre-right party presenting itself as Eurorealistic or mildly Eurosceptic.
Many of my peers in the audience seemed mildly interested.
Mildly flawed but a good pick for an Indian remake.
Overall sentiment is sharply lower than the average of the last 20 years, which is a mildly pessimistic -10.
Peter is only mildly prideful, to the point he loftily called himself Star-Lord and was visibly annoyed anytime his enemies didn't recognize that name.
Regional equities are mostly little changed but recovered after a mildly softer open, as US futures - tech in particular, again - are buoyed on the day.
So, am I not even mildly curious about seeing if Coogan’s take matches my memories of the real man?
Sometimes these thoughts come just occasionally and are only mildly annoying, at other times a person will have obsessive thoughts all the time.
That’s not bad for a mild vaccine that typically causes only a mildly sore arm for about half a day.
The fact that Camilla is on kissing terms with Lord Rothermere, the Mail’s owner, is no guarantee such an appointment won’t one day bite her on the bum – and even if it doesn’t, the optics are, to put it mildly, on the strange side.
The past few weeks were fascinating, to put it mildly.
Common combinations with mildly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- it mildly 51×
- only mildly 14×
- is mildly 10×
- and mildly 8×
- was mildly 8×
- or mildly 6×
- even mildly 6×
- are mildly 5×
- mildly acidic 5×
- mildly and 4×