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slightly

/ˈslʌɪtli/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈslʌɪtli/
slightly
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

slig - htly -> slightly

Myanmar meaning

(adv) အနည်းငယ်

Full entry

slight1 /slaÇt/ adj (-er , -est )

၁။ (က) အနည်းငယ်။ a slight error/change/ advantage/ problem/headache ❍ The bed was at a slight angle to the wall. ❍ Her chances of success are slight. ❍ do sth without the slightest difficulty (ie with no difficulty at all) ❍ She takes offence at the slightest thing (ie is very easily offended). (ခ) (usu derog ) ပေါ့တန်သော။ မလေးနက်သော။ Compared to his early work, this is a rather slight novel. သူ့ အရင် လက်ရာနဲ့စာရင် ဒီဝတ္ထုက နည်းနည်း ပေါ့တယ်။
၂။ သွယ်လျသော။ ပါးလျသော။ a slight figure/girl ❍ The framework looks too slight to support such a heavy load.
❏ not in the slightest [IDM ] နည်းနည်းကလေးမျှ။ လုံးဝ။ You didn't embarrass me in the slightest.
❏ slightly adv
၁။ အနည်းငယ်။ နည်းနည်းပါးပါး။ a slightly bigger house ❍ The two chairs are slightly different. ❍ The patient is slightly better today. ❍ I know her slightly.
၂။ ပါးပါးလျလျ။ သွယ်သွယ်လျလျ။ She is small and slightly built.
slightness n [U]

slight2 /slaÇt/ v

ပစ်တောင်းဆန်ခါ ဆက်ဆံသည်။ အရှက်ခွဲ သည်။ She felt slighted because no one spoke to her.
n ~ (on sb/sth ) စော်ကားမှု။
My comment was not meant as a slight (on you/your achievements).

More examples
  • A slight increase in temperature
  • Jill gave a slight smile.
  • I haven’t given the slightest thought to my holiday plans.
  • A slight young woman
Synonyms
small, minor, unimportant, trivial, insignificant, slender, slim, affront, attenuate, blink at, broomstick, brush off, brush-off, call-down, chill, cold shoulder, contemn, contempt, cool, cut, dainty, delicate, despise, discount, discourtesy, disdain, disparage, disregard, disrespect, fail, fat, feeble, flimsy, flout, forget, fragile, frail, give the brush, give the cold shoulder to, ignore, inattention, inconsiderable, indifference, insubstantial, insult, kick, light, make light of, meager, modest, neglect, negligible, not give time of day, off, offend, omit, outside, overlook, paltry, petty, piddling, pooh-pooh, put-down, rebuff, reedy, reject, rejection, remote, scanty, scoff, scorn, shadow, show disrespect, shrug off, skeleton, skinny, skip, slap in the face, slur, smear, sneeze at, snub, spare, sparse, stick, superficial, thin, treat with contempt, trifling, turn deaf ear to, twiggy, unessential, upstage, weak
Antonyms
accomplish, achieve, admiration, admire, approve, attend, attention, big, cherish, chubby, complete, compliment, considerable, esteem, fat, finish, firm, flatter, great, heat, heavy, heed, honor, important, increase, large, likely, look at, love, major, note, notice, pay attention, praise, recognize, regard, remember, respect, serious, significant, stocky, strong, succeed, tall, thick, useful, warm
Cross references
smallminorunimportanttrivialinsignificantslenderslimaffrontattenuateblink atbroomstickbrush offbrush-offcall-downchillcold shouldercontemncontemptcoolcutdaintydelicatedespisediscountdiscourtesydisdaindisparagedisregard
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