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Gently supporting son, not very much (8)

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I believe the answer is:

slightly

'not very much' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'gently supporting son' is the wordplay.
'gently' becomes 'lightly' ('lightly' can be a synonym of 'gently').
'supporting' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'son' becomes 's'.
'lightly' after 's' is 'SLIGHTLY'.

(Other definitions for slightly that I've seen before include "To a small degree" , "Not very much" , "little bit" , "To a small extent" , "a tiny bit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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