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slightness

noun

Etymology

From slight + -ness.

  1. inherited from *slihtaz✻ — “slippery, flat, level, plain”
  2. inherited from sliht — “smooth, level”
  3. inherited from slight — “bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”
  4. suffixed as slightness — “slight + ness”

Definitions

  1. The property of being slight, smallness, petiteness

    • Poor nutrition explained his slightness.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA