slighter

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  1. One who slights or neglects. I do not believe you are so great an undervaluer or slighter of it as not to preserve it tenderly and thriftily. Jer. Taylor (?), Artif. Handsomeness, p. 102.

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  • FASHIONS AND MANNERS, VICTORIAN DAYS The boy who is strong and healthy, overflowing with animal spirits, enjoys life in a way that is denied to his slighter-framed, more delicate brother. —  Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland
  • The change in math results is much slighter, a scant 0.6 percent increase in those scoring proficient or better. —  Times Leader News
  • Between 100,000 and 150,000 people are expected to descend on the town -- slighter fewer than predicted due to bad weather, local officials said. —  Turkish Press
  • You have to stare to notice the limp -- slighter than ever, thanks to two-hour, seven-day-a-week workouts. —  QCOnline Metro News
  • The mustache appeared to be slighter, the hair a trifle longer than the mustache and hair worn by the signal officer, Captain West. —  Special Messenger
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