slighter

Example Sentences

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We’re left with a nightmare of identity that feels slighter than it should, unsure of where to point its knife.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson was cooler on the film, commenting A Real Pain "is slighter than expected and is thus easily overwhelmed by Culkin’s high shtick".

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2024

Wu showcases a knack for mining meaning out of the slighter essays, about her teenage job at a quaint bakery, for example, or her idiosyncratic affection for bunnies.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022

In a European-style system, by contrast, a 4-point shift to the right or left might change only one party in the country’s governing coalition, prompting a slighter policy change more proportional to the electorate’s mood.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2022

They are both medium height—around five feet seven—but Vincent is broader, bigger; Theo slighter, thinner.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman