Slightly

Famous quotes containing the word slightly:

    Old men feel a slightly reluctant affection for one another.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    Often, when there is a conflict between parent and child, at its very hub is an expectation that the child should be acting differently. Sometimes these expectations run counter what is known about children’s growth. They stem from remembering oneself, but usually at a slightly older age.
    Ellen Galinsky (20th century)

    ... by dint of admitting to himself that he was too much as other men were, he had become remarkably unlike them in this—that he could excuse others for thinking slightly of him, and could judge impartially of their conduct even when it told against him.
    George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)