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Define the word slightness

"Slightness" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

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

"slightness" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

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]