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  • Election Night Special, featured the Silly Party and the Sensible Party, with two fringe parties called the Slightly Silly Party and the Very Silly Party by-election including the 'Standing at the Back Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid Party' and

    Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com 2009

  • Forty-Coats side-kick was called Slightly Bonkers aka Ard Taoiseach

    Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52 2009

  • "Slightly," he said in that same deceptively soft voice.

    Broken Symmetry Angela Brett 2010

  • I'd agree with you about a lot of these types of books, actually I'm getting a little bit tired of reading the same scenario : My exception would be the Mary Balogh 'Slightly' series where Wulfric's book absolutely lived up to my expectations because the heroine was so beautifully written.

    It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Ultra-Brother! Victoria Janssen 2009

  • "Slightly," gasped Tom, in whose wardrobe at college those identical trousers were hanging at that moment.

    An Old-Fashioned Girl 1950

  • "Slightly," said Jane, "and I hope to know her better and better as the years go by."

    The Rosary 1909

  • "Slightly," returned Norton, gazing at the young man in a manner that plainly disconcerted him.

    Gold of the Gods 1908

  • "Slightly," gasped Tom, in whose wardrobe at college those identical trousers were hanging at that moment.

    An Old-Fashioned Girl Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1870

  • "Slightly," he answered, taking her offered salts, and keeping his eyes fixed upon the carriage until it passed slowly by, "I'm better now," he said, returning the salts, and asking why Edith could not go to Collingwood.

    Darkness and Daylight Mary Jane Holmes 1866

  • "Slightly," gasped Tom, in whose wardrobe at college those identical trousers were hanging at that moment.

    An Old-Fashioned Girl Louisa May Alcott 1860

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