English Dictionary

slight

/slaɪt/

verb

(transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of. / (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.

She slightly adjusted her glasses.

意味（1）

(transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.

the wretch who slights the bounty of the skies

意味（2）

(transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.

Incontiguously (accent on tig; the rest of the syllables slighted) means in an incontiguous manner.

意味（3）

(transitive) To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.

Though true of heart, she was somewhat of a coquette in manner; and I was jealous as a Turk. She slighted me in a thousand ways, yet would never acknowledge herself to be in the wrong. She would drive me mad with anger, and then force me to beg her pardon.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly.

意味（5）

(transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.

When the parliament had finished the war , they reduced and slighted most of the inland garrison

意味（6）

(obsolete, transitive) To make even or level.

After your ground is sowne and harrowed, you shall then clotte it, sleight it, and smooth it.

意味（7）

(transitive) To throw heedlessly.

The rogue slighted me into the river.