Top Slight Quotes

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

Such is the power of truth that even the slightest whisper of it can handily drown out the most boisterous of lies, which may explain why in many instances God only needs to whisper.

Slight Definition

(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.

Pemberton felt something shift inside him, something small but definite, the way a knob's slight twist allowed a door to swing wide open.

One very beautiful virtue one can master is to learn to ignore; to ignore perceived and intended slights no matter how infuriating they might feel. Not to ignore in anger, rather, to ignore with under...

Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.