 slender |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] being of delicate or slender build | |
| Synonyms: | slim slight | |
| Examples: | "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris "a slim girl with straight blonde hair" "watched her slight figure cross the street" |
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| Related terms: | thin | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] very narrow | |
| Synonyms: | thin | |
| Examples: | "a thin line across the page" |
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| Related terms: | narrow | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] having little width in proportion to the length or height | |
| Examples: | "a slender pole" |
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| Related terms: | thin | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] small in quantity | |
| Synonyms: | slim | |
| Examples: | "slender wages" "a slim chance of winning" "a small surplus" |
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| Related terms: | small | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease | |
| Synonyms: | lithe lissom lithesome supple svelte sylphlike lissome | |
| Related terms: | graceful | |
| Similar spelling: |
slenderly slander slenderize slenderise slanderer slanderous slanted slant |
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