slight

Words with a similar base: slight

'slight'

[rebuff.n.01] as in: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

'slight'

[slight.v.01] as in: pay no attention to, disrespect

Examples:
She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance

'slight'

[little.a.02] as in: (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some

Examples:
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

'slight'

[flimsy.s.02] as in: lacking substance or significance; ; ; ; a fragile claim to fame"

Examples:
slight evidence
a tenuous argument
a thin plot

'slight'

[slender.s.01] as in: being of delicate or slender build; - Frank Norris

Examples:
she was slender as a willow shoot is slender
a slim girl with straight blonde hair
watched her slight figure cross the street

Origins

					slight (English)
└── sliht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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