Thesaurus / slight
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There was a slight shuddering movement of his whole frame—Bob was dead.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSAnd he replied shortly, and with a slight charming affectation of pride: "I did without."
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTIts continued presence in pulmonary tuberculosis is, however, a grave prognostic sign, even when the physical signs are slight.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDAll that was necessary was a slight knowledge of a Cabinet Minister, and a smattering of schooling.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOLUME 107, NOVEMBER 3, 1894VARIOUSHis slight, thin, rather graceless figure seemed suddenly to expand, even to grow taller.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONA mild degree means that the body is not reacting well, or else that the infection is too slight to call forth much resistance.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDAll inflammatory and suppurative diseases cause leukocytosis, except when slight or well walled off.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDIn mild cases a slight decrease of hemoglobin is the only blood change noted.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDThe infectious diseases in which leukocytosis is absent (p. 160) often cause a slight decrease of leukocytes.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDA slight acquaintance with English History will make all the formulas here given easily understood.
ASSIMILATIVE MEMORYMARCUS DWIGHT LARROWE (AKA PROF. A. LOISETTE)WORDS RELATED TO SLIGHT
- bears with
- blinks at
- condones
- disregards
- excuses
- forgives
- goes along with
- grins and bears it
- handles
- ignores
- let goes
- lets bygones is bygones
- lets passes
- lives with
- looks the other way
- pays no mind
- plays past
- puts up with
- rolls with punches
- stands for
- stomachs
- swims with the tide
- takes
- tunes out
- turns blind eye to
- whitewashes
- wink at
- wipes slate clean
- base
- beggarly
- cheap
- common
- contemptible
- derisory
- despicable
- inconsiderable
- ineffectual
- insignificant
- limited
- low
- low-down
- meager
- mean
- measly
- minor
- miserable
- narrow
- petty
- picayune
- piddling
- pitiful
- puny
- set
- shabby
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slight
- small
- sorry
- trashy
- trifling
- trivial
- unconsequential
- unimportant
- vile
- wretched
- base
- casual
- cheap
- contemptible
- frivolous
- inconsequent
- inconsiderable
- inessential
- inferior
- irrelevant
- junior
- lesser
- light
- little
- lower
- measly
- minor
- narrow-minded
- negligible
- nickel-and-dime
- niggling
- paltry
- peanut
- penny-ante
- pettifogging
- picayune
- piddling
- scratch
- secondary
- shabby
- shallow
- shoestring
- slight
- small
- small-minded
- subordinate
- trifling
- two-bit
- unimportant
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