sightly
Example Sentences
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Relative to the S&P 500, the large banks’ P/E is only sightly below its 10-year average, but it is well below KBW’s longer-term average of 69%, cited above.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025
“I’d still probably give sightly better than even odds of 2024 being warmer,” Hausfather said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2024
For full-year 2022, the California-based company sightly raised its forecast for adjusted earnings per share to between $6.35 to $6.75 from a previous view of $6.20 to $6.70.
From Reuters • Aug. 2, 2022
The requisite exoskeleton that now envelops the stadium somehow makes it less sightly.
From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2017
Viwe was a sightly but shy girl who stayed close to her mother’s hip as she gave me a quick hug.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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