mildly

1. see put it mildly.

Example Sentences

When Carina tells her that she didn’t homeschool her son for kindergarten but sent him to public school, Suzanne is mildly horrified.

From Los Angeles Times

Trying to get a precise figure from government officials is challenging, to put it mildly, but I understand from sources it's about £600,000.

From BBC

The conference, he wrote, “underscored the movement’s vision of an America rooted in limited immigration, Christian identity and the preservation of what speakers called the nation’s traditional culture” — which is putting it very mildly.

From Salon

“What’s been coming out of Washington has been — putting it mildly — very confusing,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

At the same time, to put it mildly, the party can hardly afford to further alienate its base.

From Salon

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