slightness

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However, the filmmakers' assumption that the audience knows these women also informs the series' slightness in some areas, especially throughout the first two episodes.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2023

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

The same Mia Farrow whose slightness made her a pixie-cut icon in “Rosemary’s Baby,” looking utterly vulnerable to the encroaching forces of evil.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2021

Baby Yoda floats back for a second season in this surprise best-drama Emmy nominee, whose Saturday-matinee charm is matched, so far, by the slightness of its story.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2020

For all his slightness of body, he looked at that moment ready and able to push the washbowl straight through the floor.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger