Thesaurus: slender

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1. superl. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
2. superl. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.
3. superl. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.
4. superl. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.
5. superl. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
6. superl. Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.
7. adj. being of delicate or slender build
8. adj. very narrow
9. adj. having little width in proportion to the length or height
10. adj. small in quantity
11. 1. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant. "A slender, choleric man." Chaucer. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore. Milton. 2. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution. Mighty hearts are held in slender chains. Pope. They have inferred much from slender premises. J. H. Newman. The slender utterance of the consonants. J. Byrne. 3. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence. A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos. Sir W. Scott. 4. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance. Frequent begging makes slender alms. Fuller. 5. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet. The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender table with his presence. Philips. 6. (Phon.) Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. -- Slen"der*ly, adv. -- Slen"der*ness, n.
12. Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, theslender vowels long e and i.-- Slen"der*ly, adv.-- Slen"der*ness, n.