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Meanings of slightest in English

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Usage of slightest in English
1
Even the slightest deviation in position would result in a missed message.
Earth Unaware
2
The stranger received it without the slightest change in his grave aspect.
The Fugitives: The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
3
In other words, don't trust men to do the slightest thing right.
Real life & liars
4
Long, long afterward, without the slightest warning, an utterly strange voice spoke.
The silver chair
5
Actually, this book was not of the slightest value to human progress.
Earth Abides
6
It wouldn't be the slightest good, and it might damage the body.
The Naked God
7
The slightest error will assume magnitude towards the extremities of the aeroplane.
The Aeroplane Speaks
8
He had not the slightest idea of the title of the book.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
9
And in fact never had the slightest suspicion arisen in his mind.
Other People's Money
10
For safety, the woman's slightest suggestion must be taken as a command.
Knife of dreams
11
If they forget themselves in the slightest particular, tell me at once.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
12
The moment we stirred in the slightest degree away went the ducks.
The Killer
13
The prime minister is not in the slightest bit interested in ideology.
The Guardian
14
Never allude to Noël McAllister in your letters in the slightest way.
Marie Gourdon / A Romance of the Lower St. Lawrence
15
But the matter was too grave to permit of the slightest risk.
The Sea-Hawk
16
The ceremony went on, without the slightest obstacle to mar its effect.
Man and Wife
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United Kingdom
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