 2 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
slightest
adjective: (usually follows 'the') most meager; "didn't have the
slightest chance"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slight \Slight\, adjective [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.]
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.
Slight is the subject, but not so the praise.
--Pope.
Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.
--Locke.
2. Not stout or heavy; slender.
His own figure, which was formerly so slight. --Sir
W. Scott.
3. Foolish; silly; weak in intellect. --Hudibras.
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