slender Definition
slen·der (slen′dər)
adjective
- small in width as compared with the length or height; long and thin
- having a slim, trim figure a slender girl
- small or limited in amount, size, extent, etc.; meager slender earnings
- 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 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.
Browse dictionary entries near slender
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- ‹ sleeveless
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- ‹ sleeve
- ‹ sleet
- ‹ sleepyhead
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