slightness meaning

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slightness (noun): the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous.

slightness has 3 meanings in this dictionary.

slightness as a noun

  1. the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous

    Synonyms: pettiness, triviality, puniness

    Type of: unimportance

    Kinds: joke

    Related forms: slight

  2. smallness of stature

    Synonyms: delicacy

    Type of: smallness

    Related forms: slight

  3. the property of an attractively thin person

    Synonyms: slenderness, slimness

    Type of: leanness

    Related forms: slight

Word lists: words starting with SL · words ending in SS · 10-letter words

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