Slightness \Slight"ness\, n. The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
slightness n 1: the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous [syn: {pettiness}, {triviality}] 2: smallness of stature [syn: {delicacy}] 3: the property of an attractively thin person [syn: {slenderness}, {slimness}]