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Meaning of slight

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  slight
      adj 1: (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" [syn: {little(a)}, {slight}] [ant: {much(a)}]
      2: lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a
         tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
         [syn: {flimsy}, {fragile}, {slight}, {tenuous}, {thin}]
      3: 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" [syn: {slender}, {slight}, {slim}, {svelte}]
      n 1: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of
           anger or disapproval) [syn: {rebuff}, {slight}]
      v 1: pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her
           ex-fiance" [syn: {slight}, {cold-shoulder}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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