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I'm somewhat confused about the usage and limitations of the ～め suffix that means "somewhat/slightly". I've only ever heard it on a handful of words:
- 大きめ
- 小さ目
- 多め
- 少な目
- 早め
and maybe a few others that I can't recall at present.
1) Can these be used with any イ-adjectives, or only certain ones?
2) Can they be used with ナ-adjectives at all? Can't say I've ever seen one.
3) What are the limitations of its usage? For the イ-adjectives, is ～めに interchangeable with ～く for forming the adverb?
4) などなど
目.静かめの曲It is not interchangable. As you already wrote in the question, 目 weakens the attribute expressed by the adjective. Therefore, the adverbial usage ...目に will in general be a weakening of the adverbial usage of ...く.
- 早く走った 'ran early'
- 早めに走った 'ran somewhat early'
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