Slender

Word SLENDER
Character 7
Hyphenation slen der
Pronunciations /ˈslɛndə/

Definitions and meanings of "Slender"

What do we mean by slender?

Having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin. adjective

Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim. adjective

Small in amount or extent; meager. adjective

Small in width or diameter as compared with the length; slim; thin: as, a slender stem or stalk; a slender waist.

In zoology, gracile; tenuous; attenuated: specifically noting various animals and some parts of animals.

Weak; feeble; slight; lacking body or strength: as, a slender frame or constitution; slender hopes; slender comfort.

Meager; small; scant; inadequate: as, slender means; slender alms.

Moderate; inconsiderable; trivial.

Not amply supplied.

In phonography, the opposite of broad or open. Thus, ē and ī are slender vowels.

Synonyms Fragile, flimsy, frail.

Scanty, sparing, lean.

Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim. adjective

Weak; feeble; not strong; slight. adjective

Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight. adjective

Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful. adjective

Spare; abstemious; frugal. adjective

Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad. adjective

Thin; slim. adjective

Thin; slim.

Meagre; deficient

(Gaelic languages) Palatalized.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Slender

The word "slender" in example sentences

Cute little girls frozen forever in slender bodies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Miss Drexel, seized by inspiration or desperation, with a quick movement stripped off her short, corduroy tramping-skirt, and, looking very lithe and boyish in slender-cut pongee bloomers, ran along the sand and dropped the skirt for a foothold for the slowly revolving wheels. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At one point Miss Drexel "seized by inspiration or desperation, with a quick movement stripped off her short, corduroy tramping-skirt, and, looking very lithe and boyish in slender-cut pongee bloomers," throws the skirt under the wheels to give the machine's wheels purchase. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Diclofenac has lead to global population declines as high as 99 percent in slender-billed and other vulture species. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It's horrible that we must sometimes be reminded how slender is the thread that holds our lives together. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I was buying and enjoying these diet sodas that were packaged in slender cans. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The Azzurri's esteemed defense is well-known for its ability to maintain slender leads. ❋ Unknown (2002)

By its terms his slender fortune was placed in the hands of a trust and investment company, who were constituted the boy's guardians, and enjoined to give their ward a liberal education along such lines as he himself might choose. ❋ Kirk Munroe (1890)

– On many of the sugar maples the long flowers are hanging in slender green clusters, while on others they have not yet come out; and year after year we find the same difference between various individuals of the same species of maple, more marked, it would seem, among these than with other trees. ❋ Unknown (1887)

At his call a slender, graceful woman who was gazing in anxiety and dismay from the opposite side of the cab and pleading with the driver not to beat his horse, turned suddenly, and a pair of lovely dark eyes lighted up at sight of his face. ❋ Charles King (1888)

Before us stretched out the principal street of large white tents, guarded at each end by a double row of sentries, from whose musket-barrels the bright moon-rays glimmered, shining in slender, glistening lines of light amid the gloom. ❋ Mary Anne (1871)

“From where I’m standing” — Max couldn’t help himself, the devil in him taking over — “slender is overrated.” ❋ Nalini Singh (2010)

She also likes its larger long-cultivated cousin Rhapis humilis, aka the slender lady palm. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Police don't know who stabbed Fayed in the Century City parking lot but are looking for a male in his 20s, described as slender and possibly driving a red SUV in connection with the stabbing. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Her hips are described as slender in ACoK, for example. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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