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   Slight

   /slīt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. small in degree; inconsiderable: "a slight increase" Similar smallmodestlittletinyminuteinappreciableimperceptibleinfinitesimalhardly worth mentioningnegligibleinconsiderableinsignificantminimalmarginalremotescantslimoutsidefaintvaguesubtlegentleinformal:minusculerare:exiguousOpposite bigconsiderable
   • ▪ (especially of a creative work) not profound or substantial; somewhat trivial or superficial: "a slight plot" Similar minorinconsequentialtrivialtriflingunimportantlightweightsuperficialshallowof little accountpettypaltryinformal:penny-antetwopenny-halfpennynickel-and-dimeOpposite majorsubstantial
   • 2. (of a person or their build) not sturdy and strongly built: "she was slight and delicate-looking" Similar slimslenderslightly builtpetitediminutivesmalldelicatedaintysmall-bonedelfinthinskinnysize-zerosparepunyundersizedfrailweakweeinformal:pint-sizedpocket-sizerare:gracileattenuateOpposite sturdyburlymuscular

   verb

   • 1. insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention: "he was careful not to slight a guest"
   • 2. raze or destroy (a fortification): archaic "a Council determined whether the Fort should be kept or slighted"

   noun

   • 1. an insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention: "an unintended slight can create grudges"

   Word Origin Middle English; the adjective from Old Norse sléttr ‘smooth’ (an early sense in English), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slechts ‘merely’ and German schlicht ‘simple’, schlecht ‘bad’; the verb (originally in the sense ‘make smooth or level’), from Old Norse slétta. The sense ‘treat with disrespect’ dates from the late 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. slightish adjective
   • 2. slightness noun

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   What is a slight adjective?

   • (formal) not deserving serious attention This is a very slight novel. not at all He didn't seem to mind in the slightest. I'm not in the slightest bit interested. Definition of slight adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What does it mean if a person is slight?

   • 1. Something that is slight is very small in degree or quantity. [...] 2. A slight person has a fairly thin and delicate looking body. [...] 3. If you are slighted, someone does or says something that insults you by treating you as if your views or feelings are not important. [...] present simple: I slight, you slight [...]

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   How do you describe a slight in a sentence?

   • an act or instance of slighting or being slighted: The critics’ slights led her to change direction in her work. a pointed and contemptuous discourtesy; affront: She considered not being invited an unforgivable slight. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.

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   The damage was slight. She takes offense at the slightest thing (= is very easily offended). There was not the slightest hint of trouble. He is, without the slightest doubt, the greatest living novelist. He never had the slightest intention of agreeing to it. The picture was at a slight angle. A slight breeze was blowing.

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   She smiled to hide her slight embarrassment. She spoke with a slight foreign accent. The accident had left him with a slight limp. The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. The slightest touch will set off the alarm. There's been a slight increase in the number of unemployed in this area. The slightest noise will ...

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   Slight definition, small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase;a slight odor. See more.

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