Slightness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slightness \Slight"ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being slight; slenderness;
     feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence;
     indifference; disregard.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slightness
       n 1: the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
            [syn: {pettiness}, {triviality}]
       2: smallness of stature [syn: {delicacy}]
       3: the property of an attractively thin person [syn: {slenderness},
           {slimness}]