slightly common
Frequency: 5.27.8 per million words
a little uneducated or of a low social class
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Examples (10)
- Despite his wealth, his table manners were always slightly common.
- She thought the bright gold jewelry looked slightly common.
- In the eyes of the aristocracy, his loud laughter seemed slightly common.
- Her accent, though charming to some, sounded slightly common to the city elites.
- I know it's slightly common of me, but I do enjoy a good gossip magazine.
- The way he ate his food with his mouth open was considered slightly common.
- She worried her humble background would make her seem slightly common to his upper-class family.
- They found his choice of words in formal conversation to be slightly common.
- The hostess whispered that she found the new guests slightly common.
- His attempt at sophisticated humor came across as slightly common.