Slender

['slendə] or ['slɛndɚ]

Definition

(adj.) being of delicate or slender build; 'she was slender as a willow shoot is slender'- Frank Norris; 'a slim girl with straight blonde hair'; 'watched her slight figure cross the street' .

(adj.) small in quantity; 'slender wages'; 'a slim chance of winning'; 'a small surplus' .

(adj.) having little width in proportion to the length or height; 'a slender pole' .

(adj.) very narrow; 'a thin line across the page' .

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Definition

(superl.) Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.

(superl.) Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.

(superl.) Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.

(superl.) Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.

(superl.) Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.

(superl.) Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Slim, thin, narrow, minute, CAPILLARY.[2]. Weak, feeble, slight, fragile, flimsy.[3]. Small, little, inconsiderable.[4]. Meagre, scanty, sparing, inadequate, pitiful, lean, lenten, not ample, not enough.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Thin, narrow, slight, slim, small, trivial, spare, inadequate, fragile, feeble,flimsy, meagre, inconsiderable, superficial

ANT:Stout, thick, broad, robust, massive, considerable, ample, deep

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Definition

adj. thin or narrow: feeble: inconsiderable: simple: meagre inadequate poorly furnished.—adv. Slen′derly.—n. Slen′derness.

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