Anything slight is very small. There's a slight chance you'll run into a celebrity in New York City in other words, don't count on it. A slight is also an insult, like giving someone the cold shoulder. Burr.
Sleight.
Noun
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
Verb
pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"
Adjective S.
being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
Adjective S.
almost no or (with `a'') at least some; very little; "there''s slight chance that it will work"; "there''s a slight chance it will work"
Adjective S.
having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
n.
Sleight.
v. t.
To overthrow; to demolish.
v. t.
To make even or level.
v. t.
To throw heedlessly.
superl.
Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable;
unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a
great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a
slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep)
impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e.,
not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the
like.
superl.
Not stout or heavy; slender.
superl.
Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
v. t.
To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice;
to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.
n.
The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate
degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
adv.
Slightly.
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The rogue slighted me into the river.
Slight
Slight is the subject, but not so the praise.
Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.2.
His own figure, which was formerly so slight.3.
Slight
The wretch who slights the bounty of the skies.
Beware . . . lest the like befall . . . If they transgress and slight that sole command.
This my long-sufferance, and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
Slight
Slight
Think not so slight of glory.
Sleight.
To overthrow; to demolish.
Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances;
To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of;
The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
Slightly.
Usage Examples
All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long.
That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity's small change in general society.
My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.
Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.
Every friend of freedom must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the United States into an armed camp, by the vision of jails filled with casual drug users and of an army of enforcers empowered to invade the liberty of citizens on slight evidence.
My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.
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Other Usage ExamplesA face is too slight a foundation for happiness.
Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.
It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I've never had any trouble identifying with the character that I'm playing.
Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.
I don't even like watching sex scenes in movies. I have a slight prudish side to me.
I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Of course, I do have a slight advantage over the rest of you. It helps in a pinch to be able to remind your bride that you gave up a throne for her.
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