adjective
There is always a slight chance that you might be wrong, you know
He didn't attach the slightest importance to the rumours that were going round. You'd best wash it again, as there is still a slight odour of garlic
Charlotte's slight build seems totally unaffected by the amount she eats
This table is too slight to support the computer and the printer. His arguments were far too slight to carry conviction
verb
He thought she had slighted him deliberately at the dance
Siobhan felt slighted by Harry's inattention
noun
It is hard to understand why she tolerates his persistent slights
Perhaps she misinterprets his obsessive occupation in his work as a slight to her
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