slightness
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The docu-dramedy “Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game” tells a low-stakes story with an accomplished cast, an appropriately light tone and enough energy to compensate for its slightness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
There’s a slightness to the plot — “Flight” occasionally feels padded out, with gratuitous, tacked-on scenes — but Strong milks the high moments, such as a quarrel that erupts during a game of cards.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2022
Towering figures these are not – in fact, their slightness is truly remarkable.
From The Guardian ● May 17, 2019
Suljic’s slightness and shortness of stature, even on wheels, maximizes the spectacle of such physical peril.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2018
As for Olmsted, Burnham was struck by the slightness of his frame, which seemed structurally insufficient to support so massive a skull.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
