mildly russian

• мя́гко

  softly, mildly, gently

• кро́тко

  meekly, gently, mildly, submissively

• поду́ськивавший

  who was mildly inciting, who was gently egging on, who was somewhat setting (a dog) on

Examples

• Отец слегка поругал сына за опоздание.

  The father mildly scolded his son for being late.

• Отец слегка побранил меня за ошибку.

  My father mildly scolded me for my mistake.

• Мягко говоря, погода сегодня плохая.

  To put it mildly, the weather is bad today.

• Работник, слегка пожурённый начальником, вернулся к делу.

  The employee, mildly reprimanded by his boss, got back to work.