Softening

Generally you need to soften the affect of what you might be saying and provides it much less importance. Listed below are some methods to do that:

Little

The quality may have been a little better.
The speaker ought to have spoken a little louder.

Slight

There is a slight downside we have to deal with.
I've a slight doubt about John's suitability for the job.

Minor

I've a minor reservation about this plan.
There are a couple of minor issues nonetheless to be dealt with.

Pretty

There are some fairly essential modifications still to be made.
I think that I have a reasonably good understanding of your problems.

Quite

I quite like it however no more than that.
That is fairly a great way to do this.

Not fairly

He isn't fairly pretty much as good as he thinks he is.
I'm not quite sure that we're on the right lines.

Partially

He has been partially successful along with his demands but he did not get everything he wanted.
It's partially finished however there may be nonetheless quite a bit to do.

Occasional

There are occasional errors in his work.
Everybody makes occasional mistakes.

Relatively

He's slightly aggressive.
This is moderately too complicated. It's troublesome to understand.

More or less

The report is kind of finished. I simply need to read by it again.
He is kind of useless. Can't get something right.