Meaning of word slight

незначительный, легкий, пренебрежение, неуважение, пренебрегать, третировать

прилагательное ↓

существительное ↓

глагол ↓

Словосочетания

a slight puncture of the skin — незначительное повреждение кожи  
a slight tilt of the head — лёгкий наклон головы  
slight bend — лёгкий, небольшой изгиб  
slight / slim build — изящное, хрупкое телосложение  
light / slight damage — незначительные убытки, потери, повреждение  
slight deviation — незначительное отклонение  
minor / slight difference — несущественное, небольшое различие  
slight disagreement — незначительные расхождения во мнениях  
slight elevation of temperature — лёгкое повышение температуры  
mild / slight fever — слабая лихорадка  
light / slight frost — лёгкий морозец  
faint / pale / slight / weak glimmer — тусклое мерцание  

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Возможные однокоренные слова

slightly  — немного, слегка, чуть, едва
slighting  — пренебрежительный, неуважительный, презрительный

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: slight
he/she/it: slights
ing ф. (present participle): slighting
2-я ф. (past tense): slighted
3-я ф. (past participle): slighted

noun
ед. ч.(singular): slight
мн. ч.(plural): slights

adjective
срав. степ. (comparative): slighter
прев. степ. (superlative): slightest

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Both were trending throughout the United States, although Trump had a slight edge.


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Not in the absolute slightest.


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This is not a revenge album in the slightest; surprisingly few of the 16 songs are even about exes or breakups at all, and some of the handful that do fit more or less squarely into that category reference other people known to be part of her relationship history.


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This is not to slight the production, muscularly directed by Maria Gobetti, co-artistic director of the Victory Theatre Center.


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Step forward and slight out with one leg, landing heel first.


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But his rejection of me read as a slight of her.


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In the final line of a barrage of slights, Bassett grants us a keen picture of what’s driving Bernadine.


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slight

small in size, degree, or amount; delicate; act of disrespect: He reacted with anger to the slight.

Not to be confused with:

sleight – skill; dexterity; stratagem; legerdemain: sleight of hand

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slight

 (slīt)

adj. 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.

tr.v. slight·ed, slight·ing, slights

1. To treat (someone) with discourteous reserve or inattention: «the occasional feeling of being slighted at others’ underestimating my charms and talents» (Joseph Epstein).

2. To treat as of small importance; make light of: «If I have … slighted the contributions of my many predecessors, let me offer a blanket apology» (Joseph J. Ellis).

3. To do negligently or thoughtlessly; scant: «It is a proper question to ask of an assignment whether some of its parts might be omitted or slighted» (Stanley Fish).

4. To raze or level the walls of (a castle or other fortification).

n.

A deliberate discourtesy; a snub: «She got into the car, thinking how sensitive men are to slights from women and how insensitive to slights to women» (Marge Piercy).

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[Middle English, slender, smooth, possibly of Scandinavian origin; see lei- in Indo-European roots.]

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slight′ness n.

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slight

(slaɪt)

adj

1. small in quantity or extent

2. of small importance; trifling

3. slim and delicate

4. lacking in strength or substance

5. dialect Southwest English ill

vb (tr)

6. to show indifference or disregard for (someone); snub

7. to treat as unimportant or trifling

8. US to devote inadequate attention to (work, duties, etc)

n

an act or omission indicating supercilious neglect or indifference

[C13: from Old Norse slēttr smooth; related to Old High German slehtr, Gothic slaihts, Middle Dutch slecht simple]

ˈslightness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

slight

(slaɪt)

adj. slight•er, slight•est,
v.
n. adj.

1. small in amount, degree, etc.

2. of little importance, influence, etc.; trivial.

3. slender or slim; not heavily built.

4. frail; flimsy; delicate: a slight fabric.

5. of little substance or strength.

v.t.

6. to treat as of little importance.

7. to treat (someone) with indifference; snub.

8. to do negligently; scamp: to slight one’s studies.

n.

9. an instance of slighting indifference or treatment.

10. a pointed and contemptuous discourtesy; affront.

[1250–1300; Middle English (adj.): smooth, slender; c. Old High German sleht smooth, Old Norse slēttr]

slight′er, n.

slight′ly, adv.

slight′ness, n.

syn: slight, disregard, neglect, overlook mean to pay no attention or too little attention to someone or something. To slight is to ignore or treat as unimportant: to slight one’s neighbors. To disregard is to ignore or treat without due respect: to disregard the rules. To neglect is to fail in one’s duty toward a person or thing: to neglect one’s correspondence. To overlook is to fail to notice or consider someone or something, possibly because of carelessness: to overlook a bill that is due. See insult. See also slender.

Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

slight

• hair-trigger — Its underlying meaning is something that may be triggered with the pressure of something as slight as a hair.
• legerdemain — «Slight of hand, conjuring tricks,» from French, literally «light of hand.»
• velleity — Describes a mild desire, wish, or urge that is too slight to lead to action.
• annuated — Slightly aged.

Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

slight

Past participle: slighted
Gerund: slighting

Imperative
slight
slight

Present
I slight
you slight
he/she/it slights
we slight
you slight
they slight

Preterite
I slighted
you slighted
he/she/it slighted
we slighted
you slighted
they slighted

Present Continuous
I am slighting
you are slighting
he/she/it is slighting
we are slighting
you are slighting
they are slighting

Present Perfect
I have slighted
you have slighted
he/she/it has slighted
we have slighted
you have slighted
they have slighted

Past Continuous
I was slighting
you were slighting
he/she/it was slighting
we were slighting
you were slighting
they were slighting

Past Perfect
I had slighted
you had slighted
he/she/it had slighted
we had slighted
you had slighted
they had slighted

Future
I will slight
you will slight
he/she/it will slight
we will slight
you will slight
they will slight

Future Perfect
I will have slighted
you will have slighted
he/she/it will have slighted
we will have slighted
you will have slighted
they will have slighted

Future Continuous
I will be slighting
you will be slighting
he/she/it will be slighting
we will be slighting
you will be slighting
they will be slighting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been slighting
you have been slighting
he/she/it has been slighting
we have been slighting
you have been slighting
they have been slighting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been slighting
you will have been slighting
he/she/it will have been slighting
we will have been slighting
you will have been slighting
they will have been slighting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been slighting
you had been slighting
he/she/it had been slighting
we had been slighting
you had been slighting
they had been slighting

Conditional
I would slight
you would slight
he/she/it would slight
we would slight
you would slight
they would slight

Past Conditional
I would have slighted
you would have slighted
he/she/it would have slighted
we would have slighted
you would have slighted
they would have slighted

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	slight — a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) rebuff offense, offensive activity, discourtesy, offence — a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others cold shoulder, snub, cut — a refusal to recognize someone you know; «the snub was clearly intentional» silent treatment — an aloof refusal to speak to someone you know
Verb	1.	slight — pay no attention to, disrespect; «She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance» cold-shoulder brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside — bar from attention or consideration; «She dismissed his advances»
Adj.	1.	slight — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a’) at least some; «little rain fell in May»; «gave it little thought»; «little time is left»; «we still have little money»; «a little hope remained»; «there’s slight chance that it will work»; «there’s a slight chance it will work» little less — (comparative of `little’ usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; «of less importance»; «less time to spend with the family»; «a shower uses less water»; «less than three years old»
	2.	slight — lacking substance or significance; «slight evidence»; «a tenuous argument»; «a thin plot»; a fragile claim to fame» flimsy, fragile, tenuous, thin unimportant, insignificant — devoid of importance, meaning, or force
	3.	slight — 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» slender, slim, svelte lean, thin — lacking excess flesh; «you can’t be too rich or too thin»; «Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look»-Shakespeare

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slight

adjective

1. small, minor, insignificant, negligible, weak, modest, trivial, superficial, feeble, trifling, meagre, unimportant, paltry, measly, insubstantial, scanty, inconsiderable It’s only made a slight difference.
small great, large, important, significant, obvious, considerable, substantial, noticeable, appreciable

verb

1. snub, insult, ignore, rebuff, affront, neglect, put down, despise, scorn, disdain, disparage, cold-shoulder, treat with contempt, show disrespect for, give offence or umbrage to They felt slighted by not being adequately consulted.
snub praise, flatter, compliment, speak well of, big up (slang, chiefly Caribbean), treat considerately

noun

1. insult, snub, affront, contempt, disregard, indifference, disdain, rebuff, disrespect, slap in the face (informal), inattention, discourtesy, (the) cold shoulder a child weeping over an imagined slight
insult praise, compliment, flattery

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

slight

adjective

2. Small in degree, especially of probability:

verb

1. To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant:

belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, discount, disparage, downgrade, minimize, run down, talk down.

2. To refuse to pay attention to (a person); treat with contempt:

Regional: igg.

3. To fail to care for or give proper attention to:

noun

1. An act or instance of neglecting:

2. An act that offends a person’s sense of pride or dignity:

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Translations

drobnýlehkýmalýsubtilní

lillemindrespinkel

vähäinen

malen

fíngerîuróverulegur

わずかな

약간의

liaunailiaunasmenkiausiasnė trupučio

nelielsnenozīmīgstievstrauslsvājš

subtílny

neznatenrahelšibek

liten

เล็กน้อยมาก

ít

slight

[slaɪt]

A. ADJ (slighter (compar) (slightest (superl)))

1. (= small, minor)

1.1. [difference, change, increase, improvement] → ligero, pequeño; [injury, problem, exaggeration] → pequeño; [accent, movement] → ligero; [breeze] → suave; [smile, pain] → leve
after a slight hesitation, he agreed → después de vacilar ligeramente, accedió
the chances of him winning are very slight → tiene muy pocas posibilidades de ganar
the wall is at a slight angle → la pared está ligeramente inclinada
to have a slight cold → tener un pequeño resfriado, estar un poco resfriado
to walk with a slight limp → cojear ligeramente
to have a slight temperature → tener un poco de fiebre
see also second 5.1

1.2.
the slightest: it doesn’t make the slightest bit of difference → no importa en lo más mínimo
without the slightest hesitation → sin dudarlo ni un momento
I haven’t the slightest idea → no tengo ni la más remota idea
not in the slightest → en absoluto
nobody showed the slightest interest → nadie mostró el menor interés
he takes offence at the slightest thing → se ofende por la menor cosa or por cualquier nimiedad

3. (frm) (= insignificant) [book, piece of music] → de poca envergadura
a book of very slight scholarship → un libro de poca erudición

B. N (frm) → desaire m
this is a slight on all of us → es un desaire para todos nosotros

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

slight

[ˈslaɪt]

adj

(= slim) → mince, menu(e) (= frail) → frêle

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

slight

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

slight

[slaɪt]

1. adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl)))

a. (person, slim) → minuto/a; (frail) → gracile, delicato/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

slight

(slait) adjective

1. small; not great; not serious or severe. a slight breeze; We have a slight problem.

2. (of a person) slim and delicate-looking. It seemed too heavy a load for such a slight woman.

ˈslightest adjective

(often in negative sentences, questions etc) least possible; any at all. I haven’t the slightest idea where he is; The slightest difficulty seems to upset her.

ˈslighting adjective

insulting; disrespectful. He made rather a slighting remark about her parents.

ˈslightingly adverbˈslightly adverb

1. to a small extent. I’m still slightly worried about it.

2. slenderly. slightly built.

in the slightest

(in negative sentences, questions etc) at all. You haven’t upset me in the slightest; That doesn’t worry me in the slightest.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

slight

→ طَفِيف drobný lille gering ανεπαίσθητος leve vähäinen mince malen esile わずかな 약간의 gering ubetydelig niewielki leve незначительный liten เล็กน้อยมาก az ít 略微的

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

slight

a. ligero-a, leve;

___ fever → fiebrecita, fiebre ___.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”), related to English slick. Cognate with Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Swedish slät (“smooth”), Norwegian slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• enPR: slīt, IPA^(key): /slaɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): [sl̥ɐɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Homophone: sleight

Adjective[edit]

slight (comparative slighter, superlative slightest)

1. Small
   1. gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful

      • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎^[1]:

        Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter’s circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, […] .

      give it a slight kick

      a slight hint of cinnamon

      a slight effort

      a slight (i.e. not convincing) argument

   2. not thorough; superficial

      make a slight examination

   3. trifling; unimportant; insignificant
      • 1741, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education & of the Conduct of the Understanding

        Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.

      • 1714, Alexander Pope, “The Rape of the Lock”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC, canto I:

        Slight is the subject, but not so the praise.

      we made a slight mistake

      a slight pain

   4. (archaic or rare) not far away in space or time

      in the slight future

   Synonyms: ignorable, meaningless, negligible, tiny; see also Thesaurus:tiny, Thesaurus:insignificant

2. of slender build

   a slight but graceful woman

   • 1822, Sir Walter Scott, Peveril of the Peak

     his own figure, which was formerly so slight

   Synonyms: lithe, svelte, willowy; see also Thesaurus:slender

3. (regional) Even, smooth or level

   A slight stone

   Synonyms: flat, glassy, slick; see also Thesaurus:smooth

4. (especially said of the sea) still; with little or no movement on the surface

   The sea was slight and calm

5. (obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual.

   • 1859, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, Canto 1, lines 781-784:

     But no beast ever was so slight,
     For man, as for his god, to fight;
     They have more wit, alas! and know
     Themselves and us better than so.

   Synonyms: daft, fatuous, soft in the head; see also Thesaurus:foolish

6. (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality.
   • 1889 (first published), George Washington, Writings

     we frequently have slight Goods and sometimes old and unsaleable Articles

   Synonyms: flimsy, lousy, shoddy; see also Thesaurus:low-quality

7. (dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.

   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

     This slight way of treating both his book and his ancestors nettled little Puddock – who never himself took a liberty, and expected similar treatment – but he knew Sturk, the nature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly […]

   Synonyms: contemptuous, disdainful, scornful; see also Thesaurus:disdainful

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

slight (third-person singular simple present slights, present participle slighting, simple past and past participle slighted)

1. (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
   • 1782, William Cowper, Truth

     the wretch who slights the bounty of the skies

2. (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
   • 1915, Josephine Turck Baker, Correct English (volumes 16-17, page 182)

     Incontiguously (accent on tig; the rest of the syllables slighted) means in an incontiguous manner.

   Synonym: belittle

   Antonyms: respect, value, esteem

3. (transitive) To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.
   • 1833, Mary Shelley, The Mortal Immortal

     Though true of heart, she was somewhat of a coquette in manner; and I was jealous as a Turk. She slighted me in a thousand ways, yet would never acknowledge herself to be in the wrong. She would drive me mad with anger, and then force me to beg her pardon.

   Synonyms: contemn, despise

   Antonyms: respect, honor

4. (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
5. (transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.

   • 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, →OCLC:

     When the parliament had finished the war , they reduced and slighted most of the inland garrison

6. (obsolete, transitive) To make even or level.

   • 1620, Gervase Markham, Farwell to Hvsbandry:

     After your ground is sowne and harrowed, you shall then clotte it, sleight it, and smooth it.

7. (transitive) To throw heedlessly.

   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:

     The rogue slighted me into the river.

Derived terms[edit]

• slightingly

Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

slight (plural slights)

1. The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.

   Synonyms: ignoring, neglect, belittlement

   Antonym: respect

   • 1793, Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

     Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest.

   • 1997, Alanis Morissette (lyrics and music), “Uninvited”, performed by Alanis Morissette:

     But you, you’re not allowed
     You’re uninvited
     An unfortunate slight

2. (obsolete) Sleight.

   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XXXVI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     For till that stownd could never wight him harme,
     By subtilty, nor slight, nor might, nor mighty charme.

Derived terms[edit]

• put a slight upon

Translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• The Middle English Dictionary

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for slight in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams[edit]

• lights

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old English sliht, from Proto-West Germanic *sliht, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz.

Alternative forms[edit]

• sleght, sleȝt, sleight, sleiȝte, sliȝt, slyght, slyȝt

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /slixt/, /sliːxt/, /slɛxt/
• Rhymes: -ixt

Adjective[edit]

slight

1. Level, even, smooth; having no bumps or lumps.
2. (rare) Of little importance or relevance.
3. (rare) Slim, narrow, skinny; of little breadth.
4. (rare) Badly made, poorly-built, or low-quality.

Descendants[edit]

• English: slight
• Scots: slicht
• Yola: sleight

References[edit]

• “slight, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-12.

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

slight

1. Alternative form of sleighte

Adjective[edit]

slight

1. Alternative form of sleighte

Your expression, «and tends to depart in a slight degree,» I think hardly grammatical; a _tendency_ to depart cannot very well be said to be in a slight degree; a _departure_ can, but a tendency must be either a _slight tendency_ or a _strong tendency_; the degree to which the departure may reach must depend on favourable or unfavourable causes in addition to the tendency itself. ❋ James Marchant (N/A)

«In Greece there is two options, pain or default, or what I call a slight combination of the two, pain and restructuring with external support from your European partners and your friends in Washington,» Buiter said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They’re reporting what they call slight but significant movement in his right arm and leg. ❋ Unknown (2006)

They had recommended to the Government what they termed the slight punishment of disqualification, by Act of Parliament, from engaging in civil service; but the Ministry and their supporters determined on the summary proceeding of prosecutions under existing law for treason, thinking that few cases would be necessary, — and all agreed that these should be selected from Boston. ❋ Various (N/A)

Whilst here Cook was for a time confined to his cabin by what he describes as a slight cold, but Mr. Forster says was a severe attack of rheumatism. ❋ Kitson, Arthur (1907)

Emphasis on the word slight.» 13jm3211 on Twitter: «Eight of 11 in the QPR starting line up are this summer’s transfers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Morelon said that it had to move away from using raw milk in its cheeses due to what he called a slight, but nonetheless real, danger of pathogenic micro organisms in the cheese that had been linked to an alleged 2005 contamination of E coli 026. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Conan O’Brien is back at work on the Tonight Show and joking about a stunt accident that gave him what he called a slight concussion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The comment suggests that the definition of «slight» is ambiguous. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Huguenot and spy, the term slight does not very aptly describe them. » ❋ Unknown (1867)

“Countries like France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Ukraine and the UK were all essentially flat or even in slight decline,” Telegeography says. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Obama’s campaigning comes as Boxer and Brown maintain slight, if statistically insignificant, leads over their respective Republican opponents, Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman. ❋ Philip Rucker (2010)

If political donors stopped depositing into the Bank of Outrage after every perceived slight from the other side, these petty fights would soon fade into moral and political bankruptcy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Throbert McGee: Note that the second sentence in section (a) of Article 125 says “Penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

Penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dr Rebekah Delsol of the Open Society Justice Initiative said that even factoring in slight differences in methodology and data gathering, the international comparison revealed «staggeringly high» levels of what she claimed was racial profiling among British police using Section 60. ❋ Mark Townsend (2010)

The only slight is the cost-extra navigation system, which is a drag. ❋ Dan Neil (2010)

“[Aye] you see [shorty] over there?”
“[Ya bro] she slight” ❋ Be Smooth (2019)

Let me [tell you what] man, I’m [feeling] pretty slight [right now]! ❋ Panther99 (2011)

“did you really [think] that [about me]?”
“slight 😬”
or
“that’s [how you feel]”
“slight” ❋ Browardowrda (2019)

slight [shut up] [steven] [pwns] you ❋ Steven (2003)

Go into slight. Didn’t you [bore] to [stay in] [constantly]? ❋ Andrius M. (2008)

«That [geography test] was [slight] bro. It only took [five minutes]» ❋ Uncle_sam_1776 (2017)

That [test] we [took] was [slight]. ❋ Cdubb01 (2018)

My [boss] [slighted] me today and took away [my raise] that i deserved. ❋ Oashyasudfgheu (2006)

Bob: Hey, [Marly]…[suck a bag of dicks]!
[Jackie]: You just got slighted! ( // <— hand motion ) ❋ The Jack Attack (2008)

I [liked] that [sow] a lot but she [fucking] slighted me. ❋ Tim (2004)

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