slightest

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• IPA ^(key): /ˈslaɪtɪst/
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• Hyphenation: slight‧est

slightest

1. superlative form of slight : most slight .
   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     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.

   • 2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, "Comment: Disinterested and dishonest", in RAIL, number 989, page 3:

     Over the past few months, RAIL has frequently condemned the Department for Transport for its growing contempt for rail customers - by obsessing on cost, caring nothing for service, and not having the slightest interest in growth.

slightest

1. (archaic ) second-person singular simple present indicative of slight

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