slightest

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈslaɪtɪst/
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  • Hyphenation: slight‧est

Adjective

slightest

  1. superlative form of slight: most slight.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.
    • 2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3:
      Over the past few months, RAIL has frequently condemned the Department for Transport for its growing contempt for rail customers - by obsessing on cost, caring nothing for service, and not having the slightest interest in growth.

Verb

slightest

  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of slight
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