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
Suljic’s slightness and shortness of stature, even on wheels, maximizes the spectacle of such physical peril.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2018
Its most outré pieces are the ones designed with the most detail and care, lest you mistake lightness for slightness.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2018
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
