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being of delicate or slender build
she was slender as a willow shoot is slender- Frank Norris; a slim girl with straight blonde hair; watched her slight figure cross the street
(adj) little
(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
little rain fell in May; gave it little thought; little time is left; we still have little money; a little hope remained; there's slight chance that it will work; there's a slight chance it will work
(adj) tenuous, thin, fragile, flimsy
lacking substance or significance
slight evidence; a tenuous argument; a thin plot; a fragile claim to fame
(noun) rebuff
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
(verb) cold-shoulder
pay no attention to, disrespect
She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance