Definition of slight

• n. - Sleight.
• v. t. - To overthrow; to demolish.
• v. t. - To make even or level.
• v. t. - To throw heedlessly.
• superl. - Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like.
• superl. - Not stout or heavy; slender.
• superl. - Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
• v. t. - To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.
• n. - The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
• adv. - Slightly.