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Noun: slightness  slIt-nus
  1. The property of an attractively thin person
    "His slightness made him look younger than his age";
    - slenderness, slimness
     
  2. Slenderness
    "The slightness of the branch made it unsuitable for supporting the weight";
    - delicacy
     
  3. The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
    "The slightness of the evidence made the case weak";
    - pettiness, triviality, puniness

Type of: leanness, littleness, smallness, spareness, thinness, unimportance