Modicum
Slightest
Slightest adjective - Being the least in amount, number, or size possible.
Both words in one sentence
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Even the slightest deviation (say, that for a sexually exclusive relationship, a modicum of privacy, or an extraordinary predilection for solitude) results in extreme pressure to conform.
Source: Free-Love Future - Eliphas the Inheritor of the Word Bearers Legion, a suave and witty evil overlord (and the only Chaos Lord with the slightest modicum of sense) who graced Dark Crusade but seemed doom to death in canon.
Source: Ensemble Darkhorse / Video Games
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