Slightness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The character or state of being slight, in any sense.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The property of being slight, smallness, petiteness
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  • noun. smallness of stature
  • noun. the property of an attractively thin person
  • noun. the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
  • Word Usage
    "She turned to Amber, who took her up in his arms and set her in the saddle of one of the stallions; who, his bridle being released by the trooper, promptly leaped away and danced a spirited saraband with his shadow, until Naraini, with a strength that seemed incredible when one recalled the slightness of her wrists, curbed him in and taught him sobriety."
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