adj., -er, -est.
- Having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin: a slender rod.
- 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.
[Middle English sclendre, slendre.]
slenderly slen'der·ly adv.slenderness slen'der·ness n.
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