Word
Slight
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
slight
Definition
- n. - Sleight.
- v. t. - To overthrow; to demolish.
- v. t. - To make even or level.
- v. t. - To throw heedlessly.
- superl. - 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.
- superl. - Not stout or heavy; slender.
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