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Slender

[slen-der]

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adjective, -er, -est.

having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length: a slender post.

thin or slight; light and graceful: slender youths.

small in size, amount, extent, etc.; meager: a slender income.

having little value, force, or justification: slender prospects.

thin or weak, as sound.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English slendre, sclendre < ?

Related forms

slen·der·ly, adverb

slen·der·ness, noun

un·slen·der, adjective

Synonyms
2. Slender, slight, slim imply a tendency toward thinness. As applied to the human body, slender implies a generally attractive and pleasing thinness: slender hands. Slight often adds the idea of frailness to that of thinness: a slight, almost fragile, figure. Slim implies a lithe or delicate thinness: a slim and athletic figure. 4. trivial, trifling. 5. fragile, feeble, fine, delicate, flimsy.

Antonyms
2. fat, stocky.

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It may now evoke a slender stegosaurus more than it does a bird.

Each end of the bar carries a significant weight of intellectual subject matter, but the connection is slender.

There is a slender chance that the prosecution will try to get him back into court.

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It may now evoke a slender stegosaurus more than it does a bird.

Each end of the bar carries a significant weight of intellectual subject matter, but the connection is slender.

There is a slender chance that the prosecution will try to get him back into court.

Both new species belong to a little-known group of known as thread snakes-also called worm snakes and slender blind snakes.

Eupodophis had a simplistic pelvis and straight, slender femurs, the researchers found.

Looking at the slender tube, it's hard to imagine how each of the miners could have fit inside.

Plants of filmy appearance and delicate character, with slender branches and n more add to my plant list.

Bucherer were trying to make an automatic that was as slender as a windup.

The long slender styles can be as seductive in their way as short skirts are in theirs.

Even this slender young woman has a muffin top in this fashion mistake.

Only a slender majority of business chiefs think the euro will survive in its present form.

Many slender green branches form a round shrublet with hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads in loose clusters.

It had large eyes, slender flexible fingers, and a light body.

The giraffe's slender legs point skyward, then swing sideways as it collapses in the desert dust.

Wide crown of stiff, gray-green, feather-shaped leaves atop a slender trunk.

She is beautiful: slender as a doll, with fine blond hair and gray eyes.

He describes it as resembling the slender skeleton of a huge battleship made of aluminium, containing a large number of balloons.

It would be more reddish-brown than red, though, and a bit larger but more slender than a cardinal.

The chances of anyone being found guilty look slender.

Skinny galaxies are slender disks that do not have big bulges of stars at their centers.

Even giant forms had a surprisingly gracile, slender neck.

In a corral, a clutch of young, slender horses milled in the dust.

T hese conifers form slender pyramids with horizontal branches and drooping branchlets.

Also, the filament in the bulb was closer to a rod than a slender piece of wire.

Personal attacks sharpen the choice between the two parties, when many differences are slender.

The park spans a slender transition zone between the northern boreal forest and the southern aspen parkland.

These animals were more slender than their modern cousins and adapted to a more terrestrial lifestyle.

Bloom begins in midsummer, when slender flower clusters rise above the foli more add to my plant list.

Inevitably, some compromises have had to be made to fit all this technology into such a slender frame.

Slender and hard-working, immigrants are loved by business.

Blackbirds more slender bodied, with longer tails and less-pointy wings.

Leaf stems persist on trunks of young trees, but drop later to show attractive, slender trunk.

Yaeger, a slender former racer, is one of the bike industry's better known designers.

Big trading houses also use derivatives to manage risk in a business where margins are slender.

But the slender woman with the buzz cut and two others are silently vomiting into plastic bags.

Encircle a few pumpkins with slender carvings to add a subtle glow to your front porch.

Japanese scholars have been mystified for ages about why these tall, slender buildings are so stable.

Canyoneering involves off-trail exploration of the park's slender ravines.

Then wrap more tightly with slender pieces that form tight loops.

In others a lean, wiry husband/svelt, slender wife might be a better idea.

Her bikini was matching the ocean below and a tattoo in an unknown language was adorning her slender back.

Leaf stems persist on trunks of young trees, but drop later to show attractive, slender trunk add to my plant list.

She has beautiful hands with long slender fingers, and she is miserable unless they are perfectly gloved.

They have to be a little better than the slender to get equal credit.

Slender green stalk with small purple bell-shaped flowers.

Ruckdeschel is slender and pigtailed, her braids the color of live-oak acorns.

For the next hour, the crowd looks on as her slender hand carries giant gobs of food from bowl to mouth.

Slender and stylish with his tan gabardine suit, cane.

For a government with a slender majority in parliament, that is tricky.

Just to re-emphasize how slender a reed it is that supports this line of argument:.

The building, whose support columns resemble slender trees that branch out to hold up the ceiling, is still under construction.

If there was a theme that linked the shorty, flirty day wear and the slender evening dresses, it was a focus on the bosom.

On the other hand, the slender bones of the skull and flipper suggest a more graceful profile.

Leafless with bright white spindly petals on slender spikes, the flower seems to float in the air.

And the show closed on a high note with a pair of black coats with hands tucked into slender thigh pockets.

Slender subalpine bamboos and ferns flourish in the understory, with mosses and lichen growing on the bamboo leaves.

Note the pointed snout and the extremely long, slender hindlimbs.

Its slender body hides a heat-reducing exhaust system, noise suppressors and bays that conceal weapons when not in use.

With a slender majority, the opposition has triumphed.

Its many-storied firs, each standing as slender and erect as the supports.

Formerly a slender galley, this kitchen is now an open, multipurpose space with an adjacent hallway that serves as the drop.

The slender creature has a kangaroo-shaped head, big upright ears, and a long ratlike tail.

Specimens show that as hey grew, their slender teeth were replaced by thicker teeth.

Loosen cake from pan with a slender spatula, then invert onto a rack.

The plane's slender shape and composite material construction mean less drag, and thus less thrust required for flight.

Its long, slender grains stay separate and distinct when cooked and have a fluffy texture.

These mice stayed slender and strong on a high-fat diet, with the energy-charged muscles and reduced heart rate of athletes.

Long, slender baby carrots in some kind of shocking color.

Slender and s o ft-spoken, with curly dark hair and a.

One long, slender beam bears a deep scar from where someone tried to cut through it.

Her brown hair is slung back into a tangled, careless bun, her slender fingers moving at lightning speed.

Clearing the sand delicately with his fingers, he laid bare a slender baton of bone, barely eight inches long.

Cut off thick stem where it meets slender stalks, and reserve.

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World English Dictionary

slender (ˈslɛndə)

—*adj*
1.	of small width relative to length or height
2.	(esp of a person's figure) slim and well-formed
3.	small or inadequate in amount, size, etc: slender resources
4.	(of hopes, etc) having little foundation; feeble
5.	very small: a slender margin
6.	(of a sound) lacking volume
7.	phonetics (now only in Irish phonology) relating to or denoting a close front vowel, such as i or e

[C14 slendre, of unknown origin]

'slenderly

—*adv*

'slenderness

—n

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Word Origin & History

slender

c.1300, probably from a Fr. source, often said to be from O.Fr. esclendre "thin, slender," which could be from O.Du. slinder, but the connections, and even the existence of these words, is doubtful. Slenderize "get slender" is from 1923.

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