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ADJECTIVE:
slight·er, slight·est
  1. Small in size, degree, or amount: a slight tilt; a slight surplus.
  2. Lacking strength, substance, or solidity; frail: a slight foundation; slight evidence.
  3. Of small importance or consideration; trifling: slight matters.
  4. Small and slender in build or construction; delicate.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
slight·ed, slight·ing, slights
  1. To treat as of small importance; make light of.
  2. To treat with discourteous reserve or inattention.
  3. To do negligently or thoughtlessly; scant.
NOUN:
  1. The act or an instance of slighting.
  2. A deliberate discourtesy; a snub: "It is easier to recount grievances and slights than it is to set down a broad redress of such grievances and slights" (Elizabeth Kenny).
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, slender, smooth, possibly of Scandinavian origin; see lei- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
slightness(Noun)


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