slight

CEFRB1

/slaɪt/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Small in amount or degree; thin and delicate.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Minor; small in amount

Examples

  • She gave a slight bow of her head in greeting.

  • Slight inattention can cause a great disaster.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [sl̥ɐɪt]
  • [slɑjt]

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful.

  2. Not thorough; superficial.

  3. Trifling; unimportant; insignificant.

More examples

In context

  • We had a slight difference of opinion.

  • a slight hint of cinnamon

  • give it a slight kick

Synonyms

Antonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”), related to English slick. Cognate with Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Swedish slät (“smooth”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”).