SLENDER

slender, slight, slim, svelte

(adjective) being of delicate or slender build; “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”

slender, slim

(adjective) small in quantity; “slender wages”; “a slim chance of winning”; “a small surplus”

slender

(adjective) having little width in proportion to the length or height; “a slender pole”

slender, thin

(adjective) very narrow; “a thin line across the page”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

slender (comparative slenderer, superlative slenderest)

Thin; slim.

(figurative) meagre; deficient

(Gaelic languages) Palatalized.

Synonyms

• (thin): lithe, svelte, willowy; see also slender

• (meagre): insufficient, scarce, sparse; see also inadequate

Antonyms

• (palatalized): broad

• See also obese

Anagrams

• lenders, relends

Source: Wiktionary

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Slen"der, a. [Compar. Slenderer; superl. Slenderest.] Etym: [OE. slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin, slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen, slidderen, to creep; perh. akin to E. slide.]

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.)

Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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