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slender

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slen·der  (slndr)
adj. slen·der·er, slen·der·est
1.
a. Having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin: a slender rod.
b. Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim: "She was slender as a willow shoot is slenderand equally graceful, equally erect" Frank Norris.
2. Small in amount or extent; meager: slender wages; a slender chance of survival.

[Middle English sclendre, slendre.]

slender·ly adv.
slender·ness n.

slender
Adjective
1. (esp. of a person's figure) slim and graceful
2. of small width relative to length or height
3. small or inadequate in amount or size: a slender advantage [origin unknown]
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Adj.1.slender - 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"
lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
2.slender - very narrow; "a thin line across the page"
narrow - not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"
3.slender - having little width in proportion to the length or height; "a slender pole"
thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
4.slender - small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"
little, small - limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"
5.slender - moving and bending with ease
graceful - characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

slender
adjective 1. slim, narrow, slight, lean, svelte, willowy, sylphlike << OPPOSITE chubby
adjective 2. faint, slight, remote, slim, thin, weak, fragile, feeble, flimsy, tenuous << OPPOSITE strong
Translations
Spanish slender [ˈslɛndəʳ] adjdelgado; [means] → escaso
French slender [ˈslɛndəʳ] adjsvelte, mince (fig); faible, ténu(e)
German slender [ˈslɛndəʳ] adjschlank, schmal;
(small) → knapp

Italian slender [ˈslɛndəʳ] adjsnello/a, sottile (= not enough); scarso/a, esiguo/a

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"I serve, thou servest, we serve"--so prayeth all appointable virtue to the prince: that the merited star may at last stick on the slender breast!
One of the ladies, a short woman dressed in white, was simply screaming; the other, a dark, slender figure, slashed at the man who gripped her arm with a whip she held in her disengaged hand.
Seeing his own shadow reflected in the water, he greatly admired the size and variety of his horns, but felt angry with himself for having such slender and weak feet.
 
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