[
UK
/slˈaɪt/
]
[ US /ˈsɫaɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈsɫaɪt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
being of delicate or slender build
a slim girl with straight blonde hair
she was slender as a willow shoot is slender
watched her slight figure cross the street -
(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
a little hope remained
there's slight chance that it will work
we still have little money
little time is left
gave it little thought
there's a slight chance it will work -
lacking substance or significance
a tenuous argument
slight evidence
a thin plot
a fragile claim to fame
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
How To Use slight In A Sentence
- This contact of his had passed on to him a list of slightly disreputable jewelers and watchmakers in the area, on which I was rather impressed and a bit taken aback to find my appearance.
- A couple of commendable but slight folk covers albums in the early Nineties lead to assertions of writer's block. The Sun
- Beard is rather dismissive of their optical sophistication, shown in the curvature of the stylobate and in the entasis of the columns — the slight outward swelling of a column designed to counter the optical illusion of concavity, were the columns 'sides to be perfectly straight. Looking for the Lost Greeks
- Though the change was slight, he saw that they had both lost a little of their babyishness.
- Upstairs were the bedrooms; mother-and-fathers room the largest; a smaller room for one or two sons, another for one or two daughters; each of these rooms containing a double bed, a washstand, a bureau, a wardrobe, a little table, a rocking-chair, and often a chair or two that had been slightly damaged downstairs, but not enough to justify either the expense of repair or decisive abandonment in the attic. Chapter 1
- His eyes have a certain amount of little-boy-lost about them and his slightly nervy, jumpy presence also helps him appear a lot younger than his 43 years.
- Had such a nice time, it was really charming in a slightly run-down way and on a beautiful little lake called Stoney Lake. AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR
- So far, so good, so much more credible—and spoiled only slightly by the blandishment that those that fail should present plans for recapitalization "as swiftly as possible. Is This the End of the Beginning for the Euro Crisis?
- Except for the fact that his hair was a solid black, the thin, slight boy of about fifteen or sixteen bore an uncanny resemblance to Kunihiko.
- They will be slightly more expensive but they last a lot longer.
