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slen·der (slendər)

adjective

  1. small in width as compared with the length or height; long and thin
  2. having a slim, trim figure a slender girl
  3. small or limited in amount, size, extent, etc.; meager slender earnings
  4. of little force or validity; having slight foundation; feeble slender hope

Etymology: ME slendre, sclendre < ?

slender Related Forms

slen·derly adverb slen·der·ness noun

slender Synonyms

slender

modif.

slim, slight, spare; see thin 1.

slender Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

try: If you're worried about the skin below the chin, try laboratoire remède slender active amplifier.

Modifies a noun

  • naiad: Slender naiad forms extensive beds on the bottom of one of these lochs.
  • spire: He used a 13th to 14th century Gothic style with a tall slender spire.
  • stalk: The flowers grow on long, slender stalks, which makes it possible to make daisy chains.
  • twig: Silver Birch The white bark and slender twigs of this graceful tree preclude confusion with any other.
  • pillar: It's a huge, handsome building with a central ring of slender iron pillars supporting a pointed roof.
  • waist: I put my arm around his slender waist and he moved closer.

Modifying Another Word

  • extremely: Posh is a role model Yesterday, the Mail reported an alarming link between these so-called pro-ana sites and extremely slender celebrities.
  • rather: The physique of Stanton Moor people must have been rather slender.
  • very: These twigs are very slender for such a tall tree.
  • too: It is not hard to find people who believe that the powers currently envisaged are too slender, too focused on the strategic.
  • so: Two beautiful legs, so long and so slender, Round, slim, and firm, and ever so tender.
  • relatively: Note the relatively slender piers and rounded cutwaters, evidence of French influence on bridge design, as is the level roadway.

Used with adjective complement

  • look: Pretty nasty I know, but these plants look slender, toned and gorgeous as a result!
  • have: Aquatic insect larvae like mosquito and midge larvae have slender elongated worm like bodies.
  • appear: Their faces appeared slender, their arms normal, their hands covered by silvery material.
  • become: The Risso's dolphin is a large dolphin with a robust, stocky body that becomes more slender behind the dorsal fin.
  • seem: Why did it have a ball and spike finial and why did it seem so slender?

Preposition: in

shape: Each eggplant is very slender in shape and is approximately 2 inches in diameter and 6 to 9 inches in length.

Preposition: of

margin: The Power of Belief It is a long established truth of football that success and failure are usually separated by the slenderest of margins.

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