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slightness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun slightness has 3 senses
- slightness(n = noun.attribute) pettiness, puniness, triviality - the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous; Array is a kind of unimportance
- slightness(n = noun.attribute) delicacy - smallness of stature; Array is a kind of littleness, smallness
- slightness(n = noun.attribute) slenderness, slimness - the property of an attractively thin person; Array is a kind of leanness, spareness, thinness
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Derived form adjective slight2
Derived form adjective slight3
Derived form adjective slight3
CIDE DICTIONARY
slightness, n.
The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard. [1913 Webster]
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