Which preposition to use with slightest

in Occurrences 42%

I want to marry and settle down; for I am so slighted in society that I look with envy upon homely or mis-shapen men.

of Occurrences 41%

She looks the slightest of episodes.'

to Occurrences 27%

Now Orme and Juba are good friends; The school, by Orme's example won, Contend who most shall make amends For former slights to Afric's son.

as Occurrences 17%

Those slender ties, that prove slight as gossamer in the rending atmosphere of a metropolis, bind faster, as we found it, in hearty, homely, loving Hertfordshire.

for Occurrences 12%

'Miss Blake,' says she, 'I believe didn't mean no slight for not helpin' towards the carpet; for she never gives to anything, as I know of,' says she.

from Occurrences 9%

He had been known to take a thrashing for a crony without saying a word; but a blow ever so slight from a friend would make him roar.

by Occurrences 7%

Nor did I ever hear a syllable from the brave, unselfish man of disappointment at the way in which his worldly prospects were never advanced in the slightest by the nobly adventurous work he had done.

on Occurrences 7%

It would really seem like a slight on good old Dick if we didn't make Laura an early call.

at Occurrences 4%

Beyond, a white cloud, slight at the base, and swelling into the shape of a balloon as it rises.

than Occurrences 2%

The door opened, and we found ourselves in presence of six veiled ladies in pink and silver, all of them, with one exception, a little taller and less slight than my bride.

towards Occurrences 1%

Whatever may have been the real motive of Henry for exhibiting this new slight towards his royal bride, it is certain that the partisans of Marie did not fail to attribute it to the malevolence of Madame de Verneuil; and thus another subject of animosity was added to the list.

into Occurrences 1%

This is why you are always inciting the younger against their elders and lead those who trust you even in the slightest into dangers, where you desert them.

throughout Occurrences 1%

The references to money-matters have been designedly slight throughout these pages.

Which preposition to use with  slightest