Slim

[slɪm]

Definition

(superl.) Worthless; bad.

(superl.) Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument.

(superl.) Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree.

Checker: Rosalind

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Slender, thin, narrow, lank, gaunt, meagre.[2]. Weak, slight, trivial, trifling, paltry, unsubstantial, inconsiderable, poor.

Typed by Lloyd

Definition

adj. (comp. Slim′mer,superl. Slim′mest) very thin weak slender: slight trivial unsubstantial: delicate: crafty.—adv. Slim′ly.—adj. Slim′mish somewhat slim.—n. Slim′ness.—adj. Slim′sy (U.S.) frail flimsy."

Editor: Margaret

Examples

The slim, bare, copper wire snapped on the least provocation, and the circuit was down for thirty-six days in the first six months. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
The other was as certainly Georgiana: but not the Georgiana I remembered--the slim and fairy-like girl of eleven. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
There were several people on the pavement at the time, but the greeting appeared to come from a slim youth in an ulster who had hurried by. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
She was small and slim, but all in fine proportion from top to toe. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
The two men carried down the slim brown boat, and set it on the water. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

Edited by Lelia