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1) (small; not great; not serious or severe: a slight breeze; We have a slight problem.) rahel2) ((of a person) slim and delicate-looking: It seemed too heavy a load for such a slight woman.) šibek•- slighting
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- in the slightest* * *I [sláit]1.noun(raz)žalitev; omalovaževanje, neupoštevanje; prezir(anje), podcenjevanje, ponižanje; figuratively madež na častito put a slight upon s.th. — vnemar pustiti, omalovaževati, ne se ozirati na, ne upoštevati (česa);2.transitive verbomalovaževati, prezirati, zapostavljati, vnemar pustiti, zanemarjati (delo), slabo ali nebrižno ravnati zII [sláit]adjective ( slightly adverb)tanek, vitek; slaboten, šibek; lahen, rahel, malo važen; nepomemben, neznaten, nezadosten; površen, bežena slight examination — bežen, površen pregled
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