slight
adjective (SMALL IN AMOUNT) /slaɪt/Definition
B2 small in amount or degree: a slight improvement a slight incline I've got a slight headache. I haven't the slightest idea what he's talking about.Yes, no and not not in the slightest › not at all: "Does it worry you?" "Not in the slightest."Intensifying expressions
(Definition of slight adjective (SMALL IN AMOUNT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aye adverb
- by no means idiom
- check exclamation
- do bears shit in the woods? idiom
- hear, hear! idiom
- is the Pope a Catholic? idiom
- less determiner, pronoun, adverb
- nay adverb (NO)
- nearly adverb
- negative adjective (NO)
- negative noun (NO)
- no fear! idiom
- no such luck idiom
- non- prefix
- none the worse, better, richer, etc. idiom
- nope adverb
- not that I know of idiom
- yah adverb
- yeh adverb
- yep adverb
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