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SLIGHTNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of an attractively thin person
Synonyms:
slenderness; slightness; slimness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("slightness" is a kind of...):
leanness; spareness; thinness (the property of having little body fat)
Derivation:
slight (being of delicate or slender build)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Smallness of stature
Synonyms:
delicacy; slightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("slightness" is a kind of...):
littleness; smallness (the property of having a relatively small size)
Derivation:
slight (being of delicate or slender build)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
Synonyms:
pettiness; puniness; slightness; triviality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("slightness" is a kind of...):
unimportance (the quality of not being important or worthy of note)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slightness"):
joke (a triviality not to be taken seriously)
Derivation:
slight (lacking substance or significance)
