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# slight

adjective (slight, slighter, slightest); noun (a slight, slights); verb (slight, slights, slighted, slighting)

«slight» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Slight means small, not much or not important. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#m1)
2. Slight means thin and small in body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#m2)
3. A slight is a small insult, like ignoring someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#m3)
4. To slight someone is to insult them by ignoring them or treating them as unimportant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: «a slight cold», «a slight chance of rain». In maths and science: «a slight increase» = a small change. Phrases: «not in the slightest» (= not at all), «a slight difference», «slightly».

### Examples

- I have a slight headache. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#x1)
- There's a slight chance of rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#x2)
- The temperature showed a slight rise, from 20 to 21 degrees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#x3)
- She was slight but very strong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#x4)
- I'm not in the slightest bit tired. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#x5)
- He felt slighted when they didn't invite him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#x6)
- Nothing that I could say had the slightest effect on him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#x7)

### Note

Adverb: slightly (= a little). «Not in the slightest» = not at all. Homophone pair with «sleight» (as in «sleight of hand»). In maths, «slight» is a small change, but it does not give a number.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means weak and flimsy, as a badly built wall.

**Interpretation.** Ezekiel says false prophets build a weak wall and cover it with whitewash, offering peace where there is none. Tradition reads this as warning against comforting lies.

### Examples

- Because, even because they have led My people astray, saying: Peace, and there is no peace; and when it buildeth up a slight wall, behold, they daub it with whited plaster; (Prophets EZK.13.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slight/#x1)

### Note

Adverb: slightly (= a little). «Not in the slightest» = not at all. Homophone pair with «sleight» (as in «sleight of hand»). In maths, «slight» is a small change, but it does not give a number.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «slight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/slight.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «slight» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slight/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slight» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/slight.html) on Mova free.