MILDLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mildly mean? 

• MILDLY (adverb)
  The adverb MILDLY has 2 senses:

1. to a moderate degree

2. in a gentle manner

  Familiarity information: MILDLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILDLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a moderate degree

Context example:

he was mildly interested

Pertainym:

mild (moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a gentle manner

Synonyms:

gently; mildly

Context example:

he talked gently to the injured animal

Pertainym:

mild (moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme)

 Context examples 

“Nay, Annie,” said the Doctor, mildly, “I have never doubted you, my child. There is no need; indeed there is no need, my dear.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

An antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) containing labetuzumab, a mildly reduced, anti-CEACAM5 humanized monoclonal antibody, conjugated to the potent topoisomerase I inhibitor SN-38, with antineoplastic activity.

(Labetuzumab-SN-38 Immunoconjugate IMMU-130, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, this agent mildly inhibits c-Kit and c-SRC tyrosine kinases.

(Apatinib, NCI Thesaurus)

“There is no need for such anger,” he said mildly.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He, however, answered mildly, I would willingly afford you every aid in your pursuit, but the creature of whom you speak appears to have powers which would put all my exertions to defiance.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

People who survive a major heart attack often do better in the years afterward if they're mildly obese.

(Mildly Obese Fare Better after Major Heart Attack, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

While Mars' famous red iron oxides require only a mildly oxidizing environment to form, manganese oxides require a strongly oxidizing environment, more so than previously known for Mars.

(NASA Rover Findings Point to a More Earth-like Martian Past, NASA)

Of the 467 women analyzed for the current study, iodine status was sufficient in 260 (55.7 percent), mildly deficient in 102 (21.8 percent), moderately deficient in 97 (20.8 percent) and severely deficient in eight (1.7 percent).

(Iodine deficiency may reduce pregnancy chances, National Institutes of Health)

A finding indicating the presence of Barrett esophagus in which the crypts are preserved or mildly distorted.

(Low Grade Dysplasia in Barrett Esophagus, NCI Thesaurus)

Messner's gray eyes were mildly curious as he went on: That was to be expected—two sides to the shield. Living in Berkeley I only got the one side.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)