Sleight means deceitful craftiness or stratagem, and slight means having a slim or delicate build (of people) thin and delicate A slim person is sometimes described as being slight of build.
Slight adjective (not serious) not dealing with very serious or important subjects, or not needing much serious thought: Small in amount or degree Slight, disregard, neglect, overlook mean to pay no attention or too little attention to someone or something
Something that is slight is very small in degree or quantity Doctors say he has made a slight improvement We have a slight problem A slight smile flickered over his face.
Every meaning of slight stems from the old norse for small or flimsy. if you have a slight build, you're slim with small bones A slight deviation from your plan is a tiny adjustment As a verb, to slight means to ignore or be indifferent toward someone It's also the noun for the act of ignoring.
Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Some common synonyms of slight are slender, slim, tenuous, and thin While all these words mean not thick, broad, abundant, or dense, slight implies smallness as well as thinness. To slight is to ignore or treat as unimportant
To disregard is to ignore or treat without due respect
