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Small - and that's how it's meant to make one feel (6)

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slight

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'small' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for slight that I've seen before include "Snub - not much!" , "Put down" , "Aspersion" , "of no great significance" , "Insult, affront" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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