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adjective(slight)

lacking substance or significance

Synonyms: flimsy, fragile, tenuous, thin,

Examples:

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noun(slight)

a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

Synonyms: rebuff,

slight

adjective(slight)

being of delicate or slender build

Synonyms: slender, slim, svelte,

Examples:

Watched her slight figure cross the street.

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verb(slight)

pay no attention to, disrespect

Synonyms: cold-shoulder,

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adjective(slight)

(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some

Synonyms: little,

Examples:

There's slight chance that it will work.
There's a slight chance it will work.

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