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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'slightest of' is correct and usable in written English
It is usually used to express how small something is, or how little effort or attention is required. For example, "With the slightest of movements the chair swayed back and forth."
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There was the slightest of pauses.
I had the slightest of preferences for the stirred one.
"With the slightest of means, they can grip you".
For the slightest of moments, my father looked uncertain.
Can cranachan endure the slightest of fruit-based re-calibrations?
— ready to come tumbling out at the slightest of nudges.
It is also the slightest of them, perhaps because it's his first novel.
But it looks like Mr. Santorum has the slightest of edges here.
Dujmovits takes the slightest of leads but then she goes a bit wide.
"We'll send them some of that tape," Mangini said with the slightest of grins.
His charming psychopath, Mickey Donovan, reveals an encyclopedia of evil intent with the slightest of squints.
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