slight

Определение slight в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: To make even or level; Small, weak, or gentle; not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe
a slight (i.e., not severe) pain.; To treat as slight or not worthy of attention, to make light of; To overthrow; to demolish; To throw heedlessly; To act negligently or carelessly; Foolish; silly; weak in intellect; Sleight; To treat with disdain or neglect; Not stout or heavy; slender
a slight but graceful woman.; The act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy; of a small importance or significance; {v} to neglect, disregard, scorn, do carelessly; {a} thin, weak, trifling, small, worthless; a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval); not convincing) argument; a slight (i; almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"; Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight i; {i} insult, snub, indignity, act or word which expresses contempt or disrespect; feeble) effort; a slight (i; The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity; pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"; perishable) structure; a slight (i; emphasis You use in the slightest to emphasize a negative statement. That doesn't interest me in the slightest. to offend someone by treating them rudely or without respect; 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"; having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; not thorough) examination; slight (i; Small, weak or gentle; not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; Slightly
Tom is slightly overweight. - Tom is slightly overweight.; {s} small; light, frail, delicate; slender, slim; lacking substance; trifling, unimportant; If you are slighted, someone does or says something that insults you by treating you as if your views or feelings are not important. They felt slighted by not being adequately consulted. Slight is also a noun. It isn't a slight on my husband that I enjoy my evening class; pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance" almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work; almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work; a slight but graceful woman; To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands; {f} treat with indifference, ignore; treat with disdain, disparage, snub, insult, affront; not severe pain, and the like; Something that is slight is very small in degree or quantity. Doctors say he has made a slight improvement We have a slight problem He's not the slightest bit worried. = small; not deep) impression; a slight (i; A slight person has a fairly thin and delicate looking body. She is smaller and slighter than Christie + slightly slight·ly a slightly built man; slighty; sl; scanty
slight of hand: Common misspelling of sleight of hand
slight care: such care as a careless or inattentive person would exercise
slight meal: light meal, mean that is not very large
slight nod: lightly bending the head, saying yes by moving the head
slight rise in temperatures: small increase in temperatures
slighting: Present participle of slight
His slighting of the company chairman was considered to be inappropriate behaviour.
slighting: In the manner of a slight; belittling, deprecative
slightingly: in a slighting manner, belittlingly
slightly: Slenderly; delicately
He was slightly built, but tall.
slightly: To a small extent or degree
He weighed slightly less than his wife who was a foot shorter.
slightness: The property of being slight, smallness, petiteness
Poor nutrition explained his slightness.
slightly: {a} weakly, badly, carelessly, coolly
slightness: {n} weakness, a want of due attention
to slight: {v} disesteem
To slight: slighten
make slight of: deride, degrade, scorn
slighted: Simple past and past participle of to slight
slighter: One who slights
slighter: comparative of slight
slightest: (usually follows `the') most meager; "didn't have the slightest chance
slightest: superlative of slight
slightest: (usually follows `the') most meager; "didn't have the slightest chance"
slightest: {s} smallest, most meager, least
slighting: Characterized by neglect or disregard
slighting: tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"
slightingly: In a slighting manner
slightingly: in a disparaging manner; "these mythological figures are described disparagingly as belonging `only to a story'"
slightly: in a slim or slender manner; "a slenderly built woman"; "slightly built"
slightly: In a slight manner
slightly: Slightly means to some degree but not to a very large degree. His family then moved to a slightly larger house They will be slightly more expensive but they last a lot longer You can adjust it slightly
slightly: somewhat, partly; delicately, slimly
slightly: to a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other"
slightly: Slightingly; negligently
slightness: The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard
slightness: {i} quality of being slight; smallness; slenderness; frailty, delicacy; superficiality, pettiness
slightness: The poperty of being slight, smallness, petitness
slightness: smallness of stature
slightness: the property of an attractively thin person
slightness: the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
slights: plural of , slight
slights: third-person singular of slight