slender
having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length: a slender post.
thin or slight; light and graceful: slender youths.
small in size, amount, extent, etc.; meager: a slender income.
having little value, force, or justification: slender prospects.
thin or weak, as sound.
Origin of slender
1synonym study For slender
Other words for slender
Opposites for slender
Other words from slender
- slen·der·ly, adverb
- slen·der·ness, noun
- un·slen·der, adjective
Words Nearby slender
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How to use slender in a sentence
Bright flowers fringed the patio, and slender trees cast ragged patches of shade on the sidewalk.
“We Don’t Even Know Who Is Dead or Alive”: Trapped Inside an Assisted Living Facility During the Pandemic | by Ava Kofman | November 30, 2020 | ProPublicaAt 73, Rhodes-Johnson wore her blond hair swept back, slender hoops in her ears.
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What the Meadow Teaches Us - Issue 90: Something Green | Andreas Weber | September 16, 2020 | NautilusThe slender body of the pen also feels lightweight and looks sophisticated, and the whole set can be stored easily, too.
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They are always suspended over a precipice, dangling by a slender thread that shows every sign of snapping.
Both are slender, toned, and have the butts of Victoria Secret models.
#ButtSchool - How Porn Stars Work Out: Pop Physique Promises the Perfect Derriere | Aurora Snow | August 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA fat red turret squatted at each corner of the building; six slender ones overlooked the parapets and gables.
The GOP’s Last Identity Crisis Remade U.S. Politics | Michael Wolraich | July 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt had an unusual appearance created by its long, slender wings.
Maps, frequently based on slender suppositions, were cued up.
Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddOne would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinHe saw a large building, in front of which were long, slender strips of shining steel.
Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard BarnumRarely, sodium urate occurs in crystalline form—slender prisms, arranged in fan- or sheaf-like structures (Fig. 32).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe individual prisms are usually slender, with one beveled, wedge-like end, but are sometimes needle-like.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
British Dictionary definitions for slender
/ (ˈslɛndə) /
of small width relative to length or height
(esp of a person's figure) slim and well-formed
small or inadequate in amount, size, etc: slender resources
(of hopes, etc) having little foundation; feeble
very small: a slender margin
(of a sound) lacking volume
phonetics (now only in Irish phonology) relating to or denoting a close front vowel, such as i or e
Origin of slender
1Derived forms of slender
- slenderly, adverb
- slenderness, noun
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