Crossword clues for slightest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slight \Slight\, a. [Compar. Slighter; superl. Slightest.] [OE. sli?t, sleght, probably from OD. slicht, slecht, simple, plain, D. slecht; akin to OFries. sliucht, G. schlecht, schlicht, OHG. sleht smooth, simple, Icel. sl?ttr smooth, Sw. sl["a]t, Goth. sla['i]hts; or uncertain origin.]
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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. ``At one slight bound.''
--Milton.Slight is the subject, but not so the praise.
--Pope.Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.
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Not stout or heavy; slender.
His own figure, which was formerly so slight.
--Sir W. Scott. Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
--Hudibras.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: slight).
WordNet
adj. (usually follows `the') most meager; "didn't have the slightest chance"
Usage examples of "slightest".
But Lord Artos was their superior, sitting lightly balanced on Cornix's black back, swaying slightly from the hips while the stallion cavorted or reared or bucked as it shied at the slightest unusual object on the track.
On the other hand, Joseph was watching each and every one of the station heads with a critical gaze and the slightest of knowing smiles on his full lips.
There was the slightest edge of smug superiority about Greene's manner that irritated Todd.
He kicked and prodded through the mulch and uncovered not the slightest trace of habitation.
I had also reacquired land legs and the ground under me no longer had even the slightest rocking motion.
Wiser heads than mine have prevailed, his mother said, her tone caustic, but when he dared look in her direction, she had just the slightest hint of a smile.
Remarkable, isn't it, how the slightest breath of scandal on any public figure brings forth previously forgotten slights and errors.
He scanned them quickly and, with the slightest smile on his features, placed them carefully down on the table.
I don't think that there's the slightest chance that anyone will figure out what this book means within the next four or five years.
Nancia felt as if her sensors had been turned up to full volume, without sacrificing the slightest accuracy.
She let the men transfer her to a wheelchair and rode quietly down the long silent corridors of Summerlands clinic, watching the myriad reflections of herself and the aides in the polished tiles of floor and walls and ceiling, ready for the slightest move that would warn her it was time to act.
The nurses buckled the unconscious woman onto her pallet but were too professional to show the slightest trace of vindictiveness as they tightened the straps.
She reached down to Joat beside her and, touching the girl's face with her fingertips, felt the slightest of resistance to such fondling.
To give the slightest suggestion that they skimped was against the most stringent of te nets for the parapsychic.
He didn't feel even the slightest vibration as the carrier was placed on the Callistan cradle.