Would you be prepared to tell me what does 'slightly' mean in this sentence?
Sentence: As for our respondents, women were just slightly in the majority.

What does 'slightly' mean in this sentence? Does it mean that women occupy an insignificant position in the society?

Thanks for you time and help sincerely~~

Question

Would you be prepared to tell me what does 'slightly' mean in this sentence?
Sentence: As for our respondents, women were just slightly in the majority.

What does 'slightly' mean in this sentence? Does it mean that women occupy an insignificant position in the society?

Thanks for you time and help sincerely~~

Answer

Without any other context I would take this to mean that out of all the respondents, all the people that responded, the majority were women. Here, "slightly" means the difference was small but the women were still a majority. For example, out of all the respondents 51% were women. This would be slightly in the majority since they are still the majority but only by a "slight" difference.

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It means " a little, a bit" in this situation.  it's talking about the quantity of respondents, therefore women were the majority.

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