slenderness

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.

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[Middle English sclendre, slendre.]

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slender·ly adv.

slender·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	slenderness - the quality of being slight or inadequate; "he knew the slenderness of my wallet"; "the slenderness of the chances that anything would be done"; "the slenderness of the evidence" inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency - lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
	2.	slenderness - relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope" tenuity, thinness dimension - the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)
	3.	slenderness - the property of an attractively thin person slimness, slightness leanness, spareness, thinness - the property of having little body fat

Translations

slenderness [ˈslendənɪs] N

1. [of person, waist, hand] → delgadez f

2. [of resources] → escasez f; [of hope etc] → lo lejano, lo remoto

slenderness

n → Schlankheit f; (of hand, waist also) → Schmalheit f; (fig) (of chance, hope) → Schwäche f; (of excuse) → Dürftigkeit f; (of lead, majority) → Knappheit f; the slenderness of his income → sein geringes Einkommen

slenderness [ˈslɛndənɪs] n (of person) → snellezza; (of waist, neck, hand) → sottigliezza