slight
adjective
small in amount, degree, etc..
will slight
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future tenseof slight.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Do you really think after what she did for me, I will slight her memory and example by just giving up?
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025
Go—go, thou now-to-be-forgotten Leonora, go and enjoy thy unprosperous Choice; you who wanted not a Father’s Counsel, cannot need, or else will slight his Blessing.
From Incognita; or, Love and Duty Reconcil'd by William Congreve
Pass me who will, slight me who will, I will live henceforward only for the great duties of life.
From Sydney Smith by George William Erskine Russell
Think not, daughter, we will slight thee, Since so many claim our love; Gladly—wish we to delight thee, As we look for help Above.
From The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Thomas Cowherd
It may be," the forlorn one said, "it may be, you will slight it, my pretty baby sweet, You will spurn me from your bosom, I'll cling around your feet!
From The History of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray
