slender

The definition of slender is narrow in width, thin or slim in size, or having only a little force.

(adjective)

An example of a slender person is someone who is 5'8 and 120 pounds.
An example of a slender chance is for a candidate to only have a small chance of winning.

See slender in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Origin: ME slendre, sclendre < ?

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See slender in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective slen·der·er, slen·der·est

a. Having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin: a slender rod.
b. Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim: “She was slender as a willow shoot is slender—and equally graceful, equally erect” (Frank Norris).
Small in amount or extent; meager: slender wages; a slender chance of survival.

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Origin: Middle English sclendre, slendre

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