slight
adjective/slaɪt/
(comparative slighter, superlative slightest)
Слово англійською: slight
Переклад slight українською: незначни́й (ду́же мали́й і т. д.), субти́льний, крихки́й (фігу́ра), тенді́тний
Детальний опис
- very small in degree
- a slight increase/change/difference
- a slight variation/improvement/advantage
- It won't make the slightest bit of difference
- There's been a slight delay, but we'll be landing in just a few minutes.
- Mexican producers may gain a slight edge in competitiveness.
- A slight smile appeared on her lips.
- I woke up with a slight headache.
- The damage was slight.
- She takes offence at the slightest thing (= is very easily offended).
- There was not the slightest hint of trouble.
- He is, without the slightest doubt, the greatest living novelist.
- He never had the slightest intention of agreeing to it.
- The picture was at a slight angle.
- A slight breeze was blowing.
- small and thin in size
- a slight woman
- He was of slight build.
- She was smaller and slighter than I had imagined.
- (formal) not deserving serious attention
- This is a very slight novel.
Word OriginMiddle English; the adjective from Old Norse sléttr ‘smooth’ (an early sense in English), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slechts ‘merely’ and German schlicht ‘simple’, schlecht ‘bad’; the verb (originally in the sense ‘make smooth or level’), from Old Norse slétta. The sense “treat with disrespect” dates from the late 16th cent.
Idioms
not in the slightest
- not at all
- He didn't seem to mind in the slightest.
- I’m not in the slightest bit interested.