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Slight
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To overthrow; to demolish.
(2):
(superl.) 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.
(3):
(superl.) Not stout or heavy; slender.
(4):
(superl.) Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
(5):
(v. t.) To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.
(6):
(n.) The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
(7):
(v. t.) To throw heedlessly.
(8):
(adv.) Slightly.
(9):
(v. t.) To make even or level.
(10):
(n.) Sleight.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Slight'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/slight.html. 1828.
