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slightest |
Overview of adj slightest The adj slightest has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (0) slightest -- ((usually follows `the') most meager; "didn't have the slightest chance") Overview of adj slight The adj slight has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (0) slight -- (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") 2. (7) flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin -- (having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot") 3. slender, slight, slim -- (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") Antonyms of adj slightest 1 sense of slightest Sense 1 slightest INDIRECT (VIA least) -> most Antonyms of adj slight 3 senses of slight Sense 1 slight INDIRECT (VIA little) -> much Sense 2 flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin INDIRECT (VIA weak) -> strong Sense 3 slender, slight, slim INDIRECT (VIA thin) -> fat Similarity of adj slightest 1 sense of slightest Sense 1 slightest => least(postnominal) (vs. most) Similarity of adj slight 3 senses of slight Sense 1 slight => little(postnominal) (vs. much) Sense 2 flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin => weak (vs. strong) Sense 3 slender, slight, slim => thin (vs. fat), lean Attributes of adj slightest Attributes of adj slight Familiarity of adj slightest slightest used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Familiarity of adj slight slight used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj slightest slightest Grep of adj slight slight slightest slighting Overview of adj slightest The adj slightest has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (0) slightest -- ((usually follows `the') most meager; "didn't have the slightest chance") Overview of adj slight The adj slight has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (0) slight -- (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") 2. (7) flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin -- (having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot") 3. slender, slight, slim -- (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")
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