very slight

  • 1slight — adj., v., & n. adj. 1 a inconsiderable; of little significance (has a slight cold; the damage is very slight). b barely perceptible (a slight smell of gas). c not much or great or thorough, inadequate, scanty (a conclusion based on very slight… …

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  • 2slight — adj. 1 very small in degree VERBS ▪ appear, be, seem ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ …

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  • 3slight — I UK [slaɪt] / US adjective Word forms slight : adjective slight comparative slighter superlative slightest *** 1) [usually before noun] small in size, amount, or degree a slight increase in temperature Jill gave a slight smile. I haven t given… …

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  • 4slight — slight1 [ slaıt ] adjective *** 1. ) usually before noun small in size, amount, or degree: a slight increase in temperature Jill gave a slight smile. I haven t given the slightest thought to my vacation plans. 2. ) thin, not very tall, and not… …

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  • 5slight — [[t]sla͟ɪt[/t]] ♦♦♦ slighter, slightest, slights, slighting, slighted 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Something that is slight is very small in degree or quantity. Doctors say he has made a slight improvement... We have a slight problem... A slight… …

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  • 6slight — 01. She has a [slight] fever, but other than that I don t think she is very sick. 02. The weather today is [slightly] cooler than yesterday, but it is still quite nice out. 03. The Canadian dollar rose [slightly] today to 70 cents American. 04.… …

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  • 7slight — /slaɪt/ adjective not very large, not very important ● There was a slight improvement in the balance of trade. ● We saw a slight increase in sales in February …

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  • 8“Very Old Folk, The“ —    Short story (2,500 words); written on November 3, 1927. First published (in this form) in ScientiSnaps(Summer 1940); corrected text in MW    In the Roman province of Hispania Citerior (Spain), the proconsul, P.Scribonius Libo, summons a… …

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  • 9slight care — An attempted but very difficult classification. Care exercised in a particular situation less than that called for by ordinary and common prudence. Litchfield v White, 7 NY 438. Care so slight in degree that the failure to exercise it must be… …

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  • 10very — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. Very is used with these nouns: ↑antithesis, ↑brink, ↑centre, ↑core, ↑corner, ↑day, ↑edge, ↑end, ↑essence, ↑existence, ↑fundamentals, ↑ …

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