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I'm wondering how to express a very mild preference towards an option when
being offered several choices in a conversation (e.g. when arranging a meeting
time with a colleague).

I am familiar with the expressions .. ほうがいいです and .. がすきです, but both feel
stronger than what I want to say.

Essentially I'm trying to complete this sentence with something natural-
sounding:

「どちらでもいいですが、Xのほうが（・・・・・・）。」
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Expressing a mild preference
There are many ways but you want to be clear so perhaps the easiest is to use
a different adjective to いい such as 便利. "Either is fine but X would be more
convenient." If you can give the reason even better.
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> a very mild preference

How about using どちらかと言えば、どちらかと言うと、[強]{し}いて言えば、強いて言うと etc. as in

> どちらでも大丈夫なんですが、どちらかと言うと、～～のほうがいいです。  
>  どちらでも大丈夫なんですが、どちらかと言えば、～～のほうが[嬉]{うれ}しいです。/ありがたいです。  
>  どちらでもいいんですが、[強]{し}いて言えば、～～のほうが・・・。
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