"slighter" in the adjective sense
1. little, slight
quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
"little rain fell in May"
"gave it little thought"
"little time is left"
"we still have little money"
"a little hope remained"
"there's slight chance that it will work"
"there's a slight chance it will work"
2. flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin
lacking substance or significance
"slight evidence"
"a tenuous argument"
"a thin plot"
"a fragile claim to fame"
3. slender, slight, slim, svelte
being of delicate or slender build
"she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris
"a slim girl with straight blonde hair"
"watched her slight figure cross the street"
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