Greatest
Greatest adjective - Of the highest degree.
Usage example: I have the greatest respect for the selfless medical missionaries working around the world
Slightest
Slightest adjective - Being the least in amount, number, or size possible.
Usage example: there's not the slightest chance that your plan will work
Both words in one sentence
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Broch Landry from the comic Good Ship Chronicles is perhaps the greatest pilot alive, but also dangerously unstable and prone to snap necks at the slightest provocation.
Source: Ace Pilot - The entire armies are literally frozen in terror by his mere presence, implacably courageous characters doubt aloud whether they have a slightest chance against him, and greatest heroes of humanity see him in nightmares even after he is defeated.
Source: The Dreaded / Anime and Manga - The greatest of care should be used in handling obsidian knives and arrow points etc because they can remain truly Absurdly Sharp even centuries after being made and will cut you badly with even the slightest touch.
Source: Sharpened to a Single Atom
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