slightness

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noun

The property of being slight, smallness, petiteness

“Poor nutrition explained his slightness.”

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pettinesstrivialitypuninessdelicacyslendernessslimness
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Meanings

nounslightness (plural slightnesses)

plural slightnesses

  1. The property of being slight, smallness, petiteness

    Poor nutrition explained his slightness.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous

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pettinesstrivialitypuniness
Broader
unimportance

nounslenderness

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delicacy
Broader
smallnesslittleness

nounthe property of an attractively thin person

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slendernessslimness
Broader
leannessthinnessspareness
Also see
delicacypettinesspuninessslendernessslimnesstriviality

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From slight + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

slightness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slightness

MLA

“slightness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slightness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slightness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slightness.

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