2. Verb. (third-person singular of slight) ¹
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Definition of Slights
1. slight [v] - See also: slight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slights
Literary usage of Slights
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1890)
"Do not, my dear General Sullivan, torment yourself any longer with imaginary
slights, and involve others in the perplexities you feel on that score. ..."
2. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1890)
"Do not, my dear General Sullivan, torment yourself any longer with imaginary
slights, and involve others in the perplexities you feel on that score. ..."
3. Mendelssohn by Stephen Samuel Stratton (1910)
"... and joking—Independence of character in matters professional—Sensitiveness to
slights, but without vindictiveness—Felix and criticism—Weak points— Manly ..."
4. Some Impressions of the United States by Edward Augustus Freeman (1883)
"One form of it is the tendency in some Americans, chiefly perhaps in some American
newspapers—a tendency which to us seems so strange—to conjure up slights ..."
5. Some Impressions of the United States by Edward Augustus Freeman (1883)
"... chiefly perhaps in some American newspapers, a tendency which to us seems so
strange, to conjure up slights where nothing like a slight has been meant. ..."
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