• Slightest

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    1. slightest

      (superlative of slight)
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      • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 23, The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.
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