slight

Preposition: of

• hand: Your anecdotes, metaphors and slight of hand brought so much life to the presentation.
• wrist: It is not for the feint of heart, or slight of wrist.

Infinitive complement

make: And, nearly everything here is slight enough to make toilet tissue seem substantial.

Modifies a noun

• fading: There is some slight fading of some of the World War II lettering on the side.
• variation: There may be slight variations in finish due to the individual nature of each leather piece used.
• hint: Of course, some of you may have noticed a slight hint of sarcasm there?
• breeze: Also, flying in a slight breeze is quite tricky.
• delay: There may be a slight delay whilst your details are checked.
• exaggeration: She lands standing up - well, slight exaggeration.

Modifying Another Word

• comparatively: The defects in both of these tales are comparatively slight.
• however: In this task, therefore, you combine your knowledge of search engines with your knowledge ( however slight!
• very: There's a very slight change in the wording - " Put me on to Scotland Yard QUICK!
• only: There were only slight rises on each of the other channels.
• rather: He was not a big man, like his father, but rather slight of build and with a very quiet, unassuming manner.
• even: Sadly, the extras are even slighter than Kill Bill part 1.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Review A deceptively subtle episode which seems slight on the surface but actually contains many key themes and moments.
• have: She also had slight blistering spotting across her back around the mark.
• remain: However I don't suppose that we will win, or the chances remain slight.
• perceive: The first dealer was still whingeing about the perceived slight, seemingly understanding nothing of the dynamics of street trade.
• cause: I did, however, manage to cause slight ( mainly cosmetic ) damage to the switching mechanism at some point on Sunday.