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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
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grammar usage suffixes
"slightly/somewhat" の 「～[目]{め}」: Usage and limitations
1. Yes. There seems to be no limitation on the combination of i-adjectives and `目`.
  2. Yes. For example, `静かめの曲`
  3. 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'

  4. ???
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