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A mite

//ə ˈmaɪt// adv, slang

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    To a small extent; in a small amount; rather. idiomatic, informal, not-comparable

    ""I hope Mary has been the best of girls?" / "The bestest little girl, Sir—a mite too lively, perhaps, especially when she hears you're coming to see her,[…].["]"

Etymology

From a + mite (“minute arachnid of the order Acarina; anything very small, a minute object, a very little quantity or particle”).

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