slightness

Definitions of slightness
  1. noun
    smallness of stature
    synonyms: delicacy
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    type of:
    littleness, smallness
    the property of having a relatively small size
  2. noun
    the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
    synonyms: pettiness, puniness, triviality
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    types:
    joke
    a triviality not to be taken seriously
    type of:
    unimportance
    the quality of not being important or worthy of note
  3. noun
    the property of an attractively thin person
    synonyms: slenderness, slimness
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    type of:
    leanness, spareness, thinness
    the property of having little body fat
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