slight: 意味と定義

Small in size, degree, or amount: a slight tilt; a slight surplus.

Lacking strength, substance, or solidity; frail: a slight foundation; slight evidence.

Of small importance or consideration; trifling: slight matters.

Small and slender in build or construction; delicate.

To treat as of small importance; make light of.

To treat with discourteous reserve or inattention.

To do negligently or thoughtlessly; scant.

The act or an instance of slighting.

A deliberate discourtesy; a snub: "It is easier to recount grievances and slights than it is to set down a broad redress of such grievances and slights” ( Elizabeth Kenny).