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Synonyms for slightest

Grammar : Adj
Spell : slahyt
Phonetic Transcription : slaɪt

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Définition of slightest

Origin :
  • early 14c., "flat, smooth; hairless," probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse slettr "smooth, sleek," from Proto-Germanic *slikhtaz (cf. Old Saxon slicht; Low German slicht "smooth, plain common;" Old English -sliht "level," attested in eorðslihtes "level with the ground;" Old Frisian sliucht "smooth, slight," Middle Dutch sleht "even, plain," Old High German sleht, Gothic slaihts "smooth"), probably from a collateral form of PIE *sleig- "to smooth, glide, be muddy," from root *(s)lei- "slimy" (see slime (n.)).
  • Sense evolution probably is from "smooth" (c.1300), to "slim, slender; of light texture," hence "not good or strong; insubstantial, trifling, inferior, insignificant" (early 14c.). Meaning "small in amount" is from 1520s. Sense of German cognate schlecht developed from "smooth, plain, simple" to "bad, mean, base," and as it did it was replaced in the original senses by schlicht, a back-formation from schlichten "to smooth, to plane," a derivative of schlecht in the old sense [Klein].
  • adj insignificant, small
  • adj thin, small in build
Example sentences :
  • She must never be worried with the slightest inkling of what has happened.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • "I've not the slightest doubt of that," returned the old lady with asperity.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • He was right about one thing: Gracie Dennis had not the slightest idea of dying.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • You will remember that she had not the slightest faith in Dirk.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • He had not the slightest idea where he was, nor of what he ought to do next.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • That's why old Hiram is ready to fight the first comer on the slightest provocation.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • The slightest weakness in carrying out her bold plan might cause it to fail.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • These matters did not interest the searcher in the slightest; they only wasted his precious time.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • I will see that no one connected with the bank shows him the slightest disrespect.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • The idea never occurred to her that there should be the slightest hindrance or the least delay.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

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