slender Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite being of delicate or slender build
svelte; slim; slight.
- 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
adjective satellite very narrow
thin.
- a thin line across the page
adjective satellite having little width in proportion to the length or height
- a slender pole
adjective satellite small in quantity
slim.
- slender wages
- a slim chance of winning
- a small surplus
adjective satellite moving and bending with ease
lissome; lithesome; sylphlike; lissom; lithe; svelte; supple.

OE. slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin, slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen, slidderen, to creep; perh. akin to E. slide.

comparative Slenderer ; superlative Slenderest

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.
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.
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.
Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.
Frequent begging makes slender alms. Fuller.
Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender table with his presence. Philips.
(Phon.) 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.