份量只有一點點
旋鈕轉在「多少」上：性質確實存在，但只剩一點點。
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Only a little; used before an adjective, another adverb, or a verb to say that the quality, feeling, or effect is really there, but weak.
稍微；有點
核心畫面
One way to picture mildly: someone has turned the dial down a notch. Mild already means not strong and not sharp, and -ly turns that into a way of doing things. The dial can be turned down on an amount, so heat or feeling is there but small. It can also be turned down on a manner, so a voice stays flat where it could have risen. Either way the thing is still present; only the force is low.
可以想成有人把旋鈕往下轉了一格。mild 本來就是「不強烈、不刺激」，加上 -ly 之後變成一種方式或程度。這個「轉…更多收起
可以想成有人把旋鈕往下轉了一格。mild 本來就是「不強烈、不刺激」，加上 -ly 之後變成一種方式或程度。這個「轉小」可以落在份量上：辣還在，只是很淡。也可以落在態度上：情緒還在，只是沒放進聲音裡。兩邊是同一個動作——力道被調弱，東西沒有消失。From the word’s history
The evidence packet's Wiktionary entry gives mildly as mild + -ly, with mild going back through Middle and Old English (milde). The old sense of mild is not harsh, not severe, which is exactly the low-force picture the modern adverb still carries.
證據包中的 Wiktionary 記載 mildly 就是 mild 加上副詞字尾 -ly，而 mild 可上溯到古英語 milde。mild 早期的意思是「不嚴厲、不刺激」，這正好就是今天 mildly 仍然帶著的那個「力道很小」的畫面。
Wiktionary entry for mildly, kaikki extract supplied in this evidence packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:891677446:6157)
Two branches
語氣溫和、不帶火氣
旋鈕轉在「方式」上：音量和情緒都被壓平，話還是說出口了。
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In a gentle, calm way, with no anger in your voice or manner — often when the person had a reason to be sharp and was not.
溫和地；不帶火氣地