slight
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,154 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 15,956 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) also: rebuff
adjective
- (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some also: little little rain fell in Maygave it little thought
- lacking substance or significance also: flimsy, fragile, tenuous, thin slight evidencea tenuous argument
- being of delicate or slender build also: slender, slim, svelte she was slender as a willow shoot is slendera slim girl with straight blonde hair
verb
- pay no attention to, disrespect also: cold-shoulder She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance
slight in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But Mlle. Gilberte had but slight confidence in her brother’s diplomacy.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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After-dinner speeches, phonographically introduced, can be supplied at a slight additional charge.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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A slight noise, however, alarmed his timidity, and he scaled the wall in a twinkling.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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Wherever the belief in a man's guilt is but slight, his defender finds willing listeners.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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The curiously gentle smile had never left the bearded lips, but in his voice a slight proud change was perceptible.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1