slightest meaning

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Definition of slightest in English Dictionary

• AdjectiveBFslightCOMslighterSUF-est
  1. superlative form of slight: most slight.
     1. The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.
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  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • Receivers often incorporate digital equalisers to 'mop up' slight intersymbol interference after initial filtering at the receiver.
     • On examination a solitary nodule, which used to bleed on slightest trauma, was seen over an area of atrophic looking dyspigmented 8 × 10 cm plaque, situated in the interscapular region.
     • I hate the way she's always jumping on me for the slightest little mistake.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Adjectives
     • Adjective forms
       • Adjective superlative forms

Other Vocabulary

1. en lightest
2. en alightest
3. en blightest
4. en brightest
5. en slighted