slighter
Example Sentences
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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
But once he started dominating, he kept dominating, putting up six double-doubles in seven playoff games, obliterating short-handed Memphis inside while steamrolling the Lakers’ slighter opponents on Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023
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
Larger people burn more baseline calories than people who are slighter.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2021
A big guy as dark as midnight and a slighter guy, also dark black.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
