See Also: metro-(medicine)
metro(dictionary)
Metro(tourism)
metro(1)(dictionary)
Metro i.v.(health)
Metro AG(finance)
Gaz Metro LP(finance)
Metro Inc.(finance)
Metro Inc(finance)
metro(2)(dictionary)

mildly (iou) and metro(2) (iou)


mildly (iou)



mildly adverb. OE.
[from MILD adjective + -LY2.]
In a mild manner. Also (modifying an adjective), somewhat, slightly.
to put it mildly without any exaggeration (freq. iron., implying understatement).
Spectator A mildly mixed-up little boy.

metro(2) (iou)



metro noun1. colloq. Also Metro. Pl. -os. E20.
[French metro abbreviation of (Chemin de Fer) Metropolitain Metropolitan (Railway).]
An underground railway system in a city, esp. that in Paris.