- 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. Source: opted
- 2. superl. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution. Source: opted
- 3. superl. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence. Source: opted
- 4. superl. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance. Source: opted
- 5. superl. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet. Source: opted
- 6. superl. Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. Source: opted
- 7. adj. being of delicate or slender build Source: wordnet
- 8. adj. very narrow Source: wordnet
- 9. adj. having little width in proportion to the length or height Source: wordnet
- 10. adj. small in quantity Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
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