What does the word mild mean?

    Part of speech: noun

  • Mildness.

  • Part of speech: adverb

  • Mildly.

  • Part of speech: adjective

  • Moderate; kind; calm.

Usage examples for mild

  1. Larry regarded his friend in mild surprise. – The U.P. Trail by Zane Grey
  2. This is mild; that harsh. – Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America by Edmund Burke
  3. Quite an old- world girl, I declare; sweet, and mild, and gentle... – More About Peggy by Mrs G. de Horne Vaizey