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.
   slaumt, goth. sla'ihts; or uncertain origin.
   1. 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.
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            slight is the subject, but not so the praise.
                                                  --pope.
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            some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.
                                                  --locke.
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   2. not stout or heavy; slender.
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            his own figure, which was formerly so slight. --sir
                                                  w. scott.
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   3. foolish; silly; weak in intellect. --hudibras.
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see also:
slighter slightest 

slighter \slight"er\, n.
   one who slights.
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