Slightness

Word SLIGHTNESS
Character 10
Hyphenation slight ness
Pronunciations N/A

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She turned to Amber, who took her up in his arms and set her in the saddle of one of the stallions; who, his bridle being released by the trooper, promptly leaped away and danced a spirited saraband with his shadow, until Naraini, with a strength that seemed incredible when one recalled the slightness of her wrists, curbed him in and taught him sobriety. ❋ Louis Joseph Vance (1906)

The "slightness" of the ribbons holding the pictures together can be compared to the temporal, narrative dimension of all writing, which Darwin finds many ways to downplay in favour of the synchronically viewable pictures which — as in his repeated use of extended similes introduced by "So" or "Hence" — he often asks us to juxtapose and compare quasi-spatially rather than merely as diachronically successive. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Unlike Ali, however, Obama occasionally acknowledges the slightness of his racial traumas. ❋ Jack Cashill (2011)

I was not merely being polite in expressing the slightness of my difference with Dr. Bauder. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There is, to be sure, a slightness to Wife's pleasures. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So he gives us the colour of a leaf, the shape of a leaf: and most importantly, the essence of a leaf, which comes of its slightness, its vulnerability to gusts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He was young, probably the same age as Will, and the impression of youth was heightened by his slightness. ❋ Cassandra Clare (2010)

Spines of iron, then, despite Sweeney's self-deprecating stammer and Sobule's diminutive stature (she's taken to playing a very small guitar, possibly to de-emphasize her slightness). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The slightness and frailty of her frame are simply too at odds with the grandeur of her costumes and the enormity of her hair, making her appear worryingly skeletal, and far too youthful to make the supposed age of her character even remotely believable. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She had forgotten how strong he must behe had a vampires unnatural strength despite his slightness. ❋ Cassandra Clare (2009)

An evening of good crazy fun, terrific lyrics…slightness of plot aside, an audience-pleaser. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Again: "Closer to Defending Your Life, [Albert] Brooks's earlier parody of the supernaturalist film blanc, The Muse's deceptive slightness masks a darker purpose." ❋ Unknown (2007)

Such impressions — coolness, slightness — can come to matter only if they capture or express some larger or more meaningful truth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My only complaint about the concert - besides the slightness of the Kernis and Golijov works - is about the poor acoustics of Zellerbach. ❋ Lisa Hirsch (2008)

Verily, this is a marvellous thing, and doubtless it ariseth from the slightness of thy wit, for hadst thou aught of sense, thou hadst enquired of the beatings of the billows and the waftings of the winds. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I say this because discovering ken belford's seens was refreshing in its slightness. ❋ Lemon Hound (2008)

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