SLIGHT
\slˈa͡ɪt], \slˈaɪt], \s_l_ˈaɪ_t]\
Definitions of SLIGHT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"
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a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
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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"
By Princeton University
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pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"
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a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Sleight.
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To overthrow; to demolish.
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To make even or level.
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To throw heedlessly.
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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.
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Not stout or heavy; slender.
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Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
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To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.
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The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
By Oddity Software
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Sleight.
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To overthrow; to demolish.
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To make even or level.
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To throw heedlessly.
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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.
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Not stout or heavy; slender.
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Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
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To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.
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The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
By Noah Webster.
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Feeble; as, the enemy offered only slight resistance; frail; slender; as, a slight figure; unimportant; as, a slight difference in color; not severe; as, a slight reproof.
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Intentional neglect; disregard; oversight.
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Slightness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Slightness.
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Weak: slender: of little value: trifling: small: negligent: not decided.
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To disregard, as of little value: to neglect.
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Neglect: disregard.
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SLIGHTINGLY.
By Daniel Lyons
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Slightness.
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Dexterity in manipulation; a jugglers trick.
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To neglect; do imperfectly.
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Of small importance.
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Slender; frail.
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A neglectful action; neglect; disregard.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman