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slender

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slen⋅der

  [slen-der]
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–adjective, -er, -est.
1. having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length: a slender post.
2. thin or slight; light and graceful: slender youths.
3. small in size, amount, extent, etc.; meager: a slender income.
4. having little value, force, or justification: slender prospects.
5. thin or weak, as sound.
Origin:
1300–50; ME slendre, sclendre < ?

Related forms:
slen⋅der⋅ly, adverb
slen⋅der⋅ness, noun

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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slen·der   (slěn'dər)   
adj.   slen·der·er, slen·der·est

    1. Having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin: a slender rod.

    2. Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim: "She was slender as a willow shoot is slender—and equally graceful, equally erect" (Frank Norris).

  2. Small in amount or extent; meager: slender wages; a slender chance of survival.


[Middle English sclendre, slendre.]
slen'der·ly adv., slen'der·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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