SLIGHTLY  稍微

To a SMALL DEGREE.
A LITTLEA BITSOMEWHATRATHERMODERATELYTO A CERTAIN EXTENTFAINTLYVAGUELYA SHADEA TOUCH
Antonym
Hypernym
  • DEGREEFEATURE of MORE or LESS.
    • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most common word for something happening on a very small scale is shǎo 少 (ant. duō 多 "a great deal").

2. Guǎ 寡 tends to focus on the excessive nuance, on something happening to a lesser degree than needed.

3. Báo 薄 (ant. hòu 厚 "intensely") focusses on something happening to a lesser degree than a conventional standard would indicate or prescribe.

Modern Chinese Criteria
稍微

稍為

稍許

稍稍

約略

略略

約約

微微

略微

些微

些須

些許

有點

有些

多少

稍

略

微

粗

小

聊

不怎麼

略加

略略

少微

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    Attributions by syntactic funtion

    • vadV : 9
    • vi : 1

    Attributions by text

    • 春秋左傳 : 3
    • 韓非子 : 2
    • 淮南子 : 1
    • 阮籍集四卷 : 1
    • 論語 : 1
    • 孫子 : 1
    • 莊子 : 1

    Words

    少  shǎo OC: hmljewʔ MC: ɕiɛu 5 AttributionsWD

    The most common word for something happening on a very small scale is shǎo 少(ant. duō 多 "a great deal").

      Syntactic words
    • vadVon a small scale; a little; a little distance; for a short while
    寡  guǎ OC: kʷraaʔ MC: kɣɛ 2 AttributionsWD

    Guǎ 寡 tends to focus on the excessive nuance, on something happening to a lesser degree than needed.

      Syntactic words
    • vadVfigurativetoo little, not intensely enough; not enough
    薄  báo OC: baaɡ MC: bɑk 2 AttributionsWD

    Báo 薄 (ant. hòu 厚 "intensely") focusses on something happening to a lesser degree than a conventional standard would indicate or prescribe.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 厚/INTENSELY Hòu 厚 typically refers to a high degree or high intensity of something positive.
    • Contrast: 省/FRUGAL The neutral terms for thrift are shěng 省 (ant. fèi 費 "spend freely"), jiǎn 簡, and yuē 約.

      Syntactic words
    • vadVslightly, only tenuously
    • vibe slightCH
    微  wēi OC: mɯl MC: mɨi 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadVjust slightly

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