slight

/slait/
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slight

A slight breeze rustles the leaves of the young tree.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Small in degree or amount; not significant or serious: Describes something minor, insignificant, or of little importance.
    • Slender or delicate in build; not sturdy: Describes a person or thing that is thin, graceful, or seemingly fragile.

  2. Noun:

    • A deliberate act of discourtesy or neglect; a snub: An action showing a lack of respect or attention.

  3. Verb:

    • To treat with disrespect or indifference; to snub: To intentionally pay little or no attention to someone or something, showing a lack of regard.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • There is a slight chance of rain tomorrow. (Meaning: a small, not very probable chance)
    • She felt a slight pain in her ankle. (Meaning: a minor, not severe pain)
    • He has a slight build, but he is very strong. (Meaning: a slender, thin physical frame)

  • Noun:

    • He considered not being invited to the meeting a personal slight. (Meaning: an act of disrespect or snub)
    • She never forgave the slight from her former friend. (Meaning: the discourteous act)

  • Verb:

    • He felt slighted when his idea was ignored. (Meaning: felt disrespected or snubbed)
    • Don't slight the importance of careful planning. (Meaning: don't treat it as unimportant or disregard it)
Advanced Usage

  • "not in the slightest": Not at all; not even a little bit.

    • "Are you worried?" "Not in the slightest." (Meaning: I am not worried at all.)

  • "slightest bit": The smallest amount; any amount at all (often used in negative contexts).

    • I don't understand the slightest bit of what he's saying. (Meaning: I don't understand any part of it.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Slightly (adverb): To a small degree; a little.
    • The temperature dropped slightly overnight.
  • Slightness (noun): The quality of being slight (in degree or build).
    • The slightness of the evidence made the case hard to prove.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Minor, small, negligible, insignificant, slender, slim, delicate.
  • Noun: Snub, insult, affront, disrespect.
  • Verb: Snub, disregard, ignore, disrespect, cold-shoulder.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions
  • To feel slighted: To feel offended or insulted by someone's disrespectful behavior.
    • She felt slighted after being left off the guest list.
Related Idioms
  • Slight of hand: A term often confused with "sleight of hand" (meaning manual dexterity, especially in magic tricks). Note: "Slight of hand" is generally considered an error for the correct idiom "sleight of hand."
slight

A slight breeze rustles the leaves of the young tree.

Adjective
  1. 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
  2. lacking substance or significance; a fragile claim to fame"
    • slight evidence
    • a tenuous argument
    • a thin plot
  3. (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
Noun
  1. a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
Verb
  1. pay no attention to, disrespect
    • She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance

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