mildly

Definition:
1. To a moderate degree.
2. In a gentle manner.

Use 'mildly' in a sentence:

• 1. " They do sound like frauds," said my husband mildly.
• 2. That is, to put it mildly, a rosy way of looking at things.
• 3. "Erm, I don't think so," Willetts says mildly.
• 4. "They do sound like frauds," said my husband mildly.
• 5. China's recent record of historical preservation is, to put it mildly, poor.
• 6. 'I didn't mean to upset you,' he said mildly.
• 7. But not all the money, to put it mildly, has been used wisely.
• 8. He spoke too mildly.
• 9. " I think you've made a mistake," he said mildly.
• 10. And both firms face big engineering challenges, to put it mildly.
• 11. An Experimental Research on Training Reversible Thinking for Mildly Mental Retarded Children.
• 12. Josephine must have had the disease very mildly as she showed no symptoms.
• 13. I was, to put it mildly, disappointed.
• 14. Wider expectations also seem to be mildly inflationary.
• 15. It may mildly stimulate the immune response.
• 16. Saying that John was badly off is to put it mildly. He was indeed penniless.
• 17. There were other mildly encouraging signs.
• 18. The expression "mom jeans" is mildly pejorative6, though in a light-hearted, humorous way.
• 19. Snowden had observed mildly it was because so many different people were trying to listen in.
• 20. For me, these are the keys to being mildly creative.
• 21. To say I had lost the thread is putting it mildly.
• 22. To put it mildly, Salinger is a biographer's nightmare.
• 23. It is, to put it mildly, a highly controversial issue.
• 24. The soup tasted mildly spicy.
• 25. He sat in the middle and talked with us mildly.
• 26. "I'm just observing," Connor said mildly.
• 27. The Clinic Study on Structural and Biomechanical and Functional Characteristics of Mildly Coronary Stenosis.
• 28. It'll upset you every few minutes or so, sometimes mildly, sometimes apocalyptically.
• 29. Figure 1 Outlines the key relationships, simplified mildly.
• 30. Minnesotans seem mildly exasperated by the situation rather than enraged.
• 31. The strain proved contagious but only mildly virulent.
• 32. To say we are disappointed about this is putting it mildly.
• 33. We were mildly surprised to see him again so soon.
• 34. He looks mildly disturbed.
• 35. Renal functions of 2 patients were mildly abnormal.
• 36. That's putting it too mildly.
• 37. Being mildly creative doesn't require speed; just progress.
• 38. Cases with normal or mildly abnormal EEG were re-examined after one week.
• 39. Not all the money, to put it mildly, has been used wisely.
• 40. On their own, cookies are generally harmless, if mildly intrusive.
• 41. The gland in which the glue is generated is mildly acidic.
• 42. Effect of leaching with mildly saline water on corn growth character and yield.
• 43. Putting it mildly, you have caused us some inconvenience.
• 44. Molasses are mildly laxative and something of a general tonic.
• 45. You smile politely, pretending that you've heard the remark and found it mildly humorous.
• 46. The result was unfortunate, to put it mildly.
• 47. He gave Robin a mildly quizzical glance.
• 48. The discussion started off mildly enough.
• 49. I was, to put it mildly, annoyed.
• 50. "I'm not meddling," Ken said mildly, "I'm just curious."
• 51. He is in the marriage bureau business, which is mildly ironic seeing that his dearest wish is to get married himself.
• 52. He is precise and mildly donnish in manner.