SLIGHT DEFINITION AND MEANING

Antonyms: Adjective

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Adjective

thin, slender, sllặng, slight, tenuous mean not thichồng, broad, abundant, or dense. thin implies comparatively little extension between surfaces or in diameter, or it may imply laông chồng of substance, richness, or abundance. thin wire a thin soup slender implies leanness or spareness often with grace và good proportion. the slender legs of a Sheraton chair slim applies to lớn slenderness that suggests fragility or scantiness. a slim volume of poetry a slim chance slight implies smallness as well as thinness. a slight build tenuous implies extreme thinness, sheerness, or lack of substance and firmness. a tenuous thread

Verb

neglect, disregard, ignore, overlook, slight, forget mean lớn pass over without giving due attention. neglect implies giving insufficient attention to lớn something that merits one"s attention. habitually neglected his studies disregard suggests voluntary inattention. disregarded the wishes of his family ignore implies a failure to lớn regard something obvious. ignored the snide remark overlook suggests disregarding or ignoring through haste or laông chồng of care. in my rush I overlooked a key example slight implies contemptuous or disdainful disregarding or omitting. slighted several major authors in her survey forget may suggest either a willful ignoring or a failure lớn impress something on one"s mind. forget what others say

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Frequently Asked Questions About slight

Is it slight or sleight of hand?

Although slight is a homophone of sleight, & feels lượt thích it makes sense in this idiom, sleight of hand is the correct form when referring to a cleverly executed triông chồng. Sleight means "deceitful craftiness" or "stratagem," và slight means "having a slyên or delicate build" (we often hear of a slyên person as being "slight of build").

What is the difference between sleight và slight?

In modern use slight may be found as a noun ("a humiliating discourtesy"), a verb ("khổng lồ treat as slight or unimportant"), & an adjective ("small of its kind or in amount"). Sleight is mainly found as a noun, and can refer either lớn a deceitful kind of craftiness, or to lớn skill & dexterity.

"Is the correct phrase sleight chance or slight chance?"

"If you are referring to lớn such things as your chances of winning the lottery the word you need is slight. This adjectival sense of slight is "small of its kind or in amount."

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