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light·ness1 [ˈlaɪtnəs] N no pl

tight·ness [ˈtaɪtnəs] N no pl

1. tightness (firmness, strength):

tightness
strogost f

2. tightness (close fitting):

tightness
tesnost f

3. tightness (tight sensation):

tightness
napetost f
tightness
stiskanje n

bright·ness [ˈbraɪtnəs] N no pl

2. brightness TV:

brightness
svetlost f

swift·ness [ˈswɪftnəs] N no pl

slight·ly [ˈslaɪtli] ADV

flat·ness [ˈflætnəs] N no pl

soft·ness [ˈsɒftnəs] N no pl

1. softness (not hardness):

softness
mehkoba f

2. softness (smoothness):

softness
mehkost f
softness of skin
gladkost f
softness of hair
mehkoba f

4. softness (wishy-washyness):

softness
neodločnost f
softness
omahljivost f

short·ness [ˈʃɔ:tnəs] N no pl

1. shortness (in length, brevity):

shortness
kratkost f

sweet·ness [ˈswi:tnəs] N no pl

1. sweetness (sweet taste):

sweetness
sladkost f

2. sweetness fig (pleasantness):

sweetness of sb's nature
ljubeznivost f
sweetness of freedom, victory
sladkost f

blunt·ness [ˈblʌntnəs] N

qui·et·ness [ˈkwaɪətnəs] N no pl

smart·ness [ˈsmɑ:tnəs] N no pl

1. smartness (neatness):

smartness Brit Aus
urejenost f

2. smartness (intelligence):

smartness
pamet f

I . slight [slaɪt] ADJ

4. slight (slim and delicate):

slight person
drobcen

II . slight [slaɪt] N

III . slight [slaɪt] VB trans

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I . light·ning [ˈlaɪtnɪŋ] METEO N no pl

II . light·ning [ˈlaɪtnɪŋ] METEO ADJ attr

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Almost everybody concedes the novel's charm, but some have demurred at the slightness of the material.
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I found the politics trite, the idea of collective art-making and performance art largely uninteresting, and the general slightness and messiness of many of the works irritating.
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The end result is a phone that feels substantial in spite of its apparent slightness.
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The slightness of an 11-year-old among the vast lummoxes of the upper forms in an inner-city educational institution induces a flush of maternal anxiety.
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Grandma's storyline winds down in less than a day, and at only 79 minutes in length, the film unquestionably dices with slightness.
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Then again, this slightness may be one of countless authorial jokes about just what it is insignificance entails.
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It is a terrible slightness, recalling the ease with which a thing may cease, a person may leave, a life may end.
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The winsome slightness of the 1980s has transmuted into wiry energy.
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Any slightness of breath or altered conciousness should prompt a call for emergency medical help.
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These early machines suffered from slightness in the drive wheels, axles and valve gear, and from unequal distribution of weight, a serious problem given the questionable track they ran on.
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