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slightest

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slight  \Slight\,  a.  [Compar.  {Slighter};  superl.  {Slightest}.] 
  [OE.  sli?t,  sleght,  probably  from  OD  slicht,  slecht,  simple, 
  plain,  D.  slecht;  akin  to  OFries  sliucht  G.  schlecht 
  schlicht,  OHG.  sleht  smooth,  simple,  Icel.  sl?ttr  smooth,  Sw 
  sl["a]t,  Goth.  sla['i]hts;  or  uncertain  origin.] 
  1.  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  ``At  one  slight  bound.''  --Milton. 
 
  Slight  is  the  subject,  but  not  so  the  praise. 
  --Pope. 
 
  Some  firmly  embrace  doctrines  upon  slight  grounds. 
  --Locke. 
 
  2.  Not  stout  or  heavy;  slender. 
 
  His  own  figure,  which  was  formerly  so  slight.  --Sir 
  W.  Scott. 
 
  3.  Foolish;  silly;  weak  in  intellect.  --Hudibras. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slightest 
  adj  :  (usually  follows  `the')  most  meager;  "didn't  have  the 
  slightest  chance"




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