slight, adj.
being of delicate or slender build
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4
slender slight slim svelte
sample sentences
"she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris"a slim girl with straight blonde hair"
"watched her slight figure cross the street"
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(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 71 freq. cnt.: 71
little slight
sample sentences
"little rain fell in May""gave it little thought"
"little time is left"
"we still have little money"
"a little hope remained"
"there's slight chance that it will work"
"there's a slight chance it will work"
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antonym
lacking substance or significance
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flimsy fragile slight tenuous thin
sample sentences
"slight evidence""a tenuous argument"
"a thin plot"
"a fragile claim to fame"
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