American English pronunciation
How to pronounce slight
IPA transcription: [s'laɪt]
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Noun
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a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
Verb
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pay no attention to, disrespect
“She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance”
Adjective
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(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”
Adjective
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being of delicate or slender build; - Frank Norris
“she was slender as a willow shoot is slender”
“a slim girl with straight blonde hair”
“watched her slight figure cross the street”
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lacking substance or significance; ; ; ; a fragile claim to fame"
“slight evidence”
“a tenuous argument”
“a thin plot”
Usage examples
- Chalk is a soluble in rainwater because rain is naturally slightly acidic.
- It was faintly marked with transverse stripes and slightly flattened from the perfect round.
- Some games deviate slightly from this design.
- Smith's depiction of Dredd differed slightly from that of his contemporaries.
- The clock was slightly askew.
- The surviving rim of Lacroix is nearly circular, with a slightly worn inner wall.
- It was faintly marked with transverse stripes and slightly flattened from the perfect round.
- It was faintly marked with transverse stripes and slightly flattened from the perfect round.
- It is a long bone, prism-shaped and slightly curved longitudinally.
- It was faintly marked with transverse stripes and slightly flattened from the perfect round.