Perhaps you're looking for LXDE/ LXQT. The latter is only the WM (think of it as more barebones). There are plenty other WMs, check distros and their (frequently unofficial) spins like "archbang"..
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I'm happy on Debian! I wouldn't switch, I am not disliking QT or GTK. The first iteration needs to reuse these components anyways!
Use LXQt or sway.
I am not against GTK+. I love XFCE. My motivation is to implement my workflow in wayland from scratch so that I can reuse everything needed.
Even though I am using okular and xfce and have all dependencies around I would like to keep it to my minimum.
Lightly weight clients should form an os (Ger: OS/BS).
It requires to be understood and written easily . British English is the common denominator in written English because it is more precise.
Language shall be formulated so that it matches european, common grammar - like this.