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slight adj. 1 small, little, minor, negligible, unlikely,
insignificant, inconsequential: There is always a slight chance
that you might be wrong, you know. 2 trifling, tiny, slender,
minute, infinitesimal; trace, perceptible: He didn't attach the
slightest importance to the rumours that were going round. You'd
best wash it again, as there is still a slight odour of garlic.
3 small, short, petite, thin, slim, slender, delicate,
diminutive, tiny, miniature, bantam, wee, pocket, pocket-sized,
US vest-pocket, Colloq pint-sized: Charlotte's slight build
seems totally unaffected by the amount she eats. 4 insubstantial
or unsubstantial, weak, feeble, delicate, dainty, frail,
unstable, fragile, flimsy, lightly made or built, precarious,
inadequate, rickety, insecure: This table is too slight to
support the computer and the printer. His arguments were far
too slight to carry conviction.
--v. 5 disregard, ignore, disdain, scorn, snub, rebuff, cut,
disrespect, cold-shoulder: He thought she had slighted him
deliberately at the dance. 6 insult, offend, affront, mortify,
diminish, minimize, depreciate, disparage: Siobhan felt
slighted by Harry's inattention.
--n. 7 insult, affront, slur, indignity, outrage, offence,
disrespect: It is hard to understand why she tolerates his
persistent slights. 8 inattention, neglect, disregard,
indifference, snub, cold shoulder, coldness, ill-treatment:
Perhaps she misinterprets his obsessive occupation in his work
as a slight to her.
slightly adv. a little, somewhat, to a certain or slight or minor extent
or degree or measure, marginally: Yes, I do feel slightly
better, thank you.
slim adj. 1 See slender, 1, above. 2 See slender, 2, 3, above.
--v. 3 reduce, lose or shed weight, diet, Chiefly US
slenderize: I really must slim if I am to fit into my summer
clothes.
slimy adj. 1 oozy, slippery, mucky, squashy, squishy, viscous,
sticky, gluey, mucilaginous, uliginous, glutinous, mucous,