slender
adjective
having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length.
slenderness
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a word derived from
slender.
Example Sentences
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Alberto Rodriguez, director of robot behavior and AI strategy for Atlas, said a robotic hand must make trade-offs between strength, dexterity, slenderness and ruggedness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
The ASA said the pose of the model and the choice of clothing - including "large pointed shoes" which emphasised "the slenderness of her legs" - made the advert "irresponsible".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025
Those structures, which may be in the shapes of spherical or cylindrical shells, can efficiently carry relatively large loads, but their slenderness makes them susceptible to buckling-induced collapse.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024
Selling skim milk as a potion of slenderness, and thereby romance, certainly gave it more prestige than it carried as a mere byproduct of butter-making or as hog slop.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2014
The man he was fighting was his size with the same slender build, but in spite of the black man’s slenderness, he looked wiry and strong.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
