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Slight

/slaɪt/
A small or thin amount, size, or degree of something, often hardly noticeable.

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Examples:

She has a slight accent.I felt a slight change in temperature.

Etymology:

etymology
From Middle English slight meaning flat, smooth, from Old Norse slétt meaning level, smooth. It further evolved from Old English sliht with a similar sense.

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