Emily Dickinson Lexicon

slight (-est), adj. [ME < OScand.] (webplay: addresses, little, small, subject).

1. Light; thin; fine; wispy; airy; insubstantial; translucent or transparent.
2. Slender; slim; small; delicate; dainty.
3. Small in stature; [fig.] unimportant; trifling; insignificant in status.