slender

(slĕn'dər)
adj., -er, -est.

1. 1. Having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin: a slender rod.
   2. Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim: "She was slender as a willow shoot is slender-and equally graceful, equally erect" (Frank Norris).
2. 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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adjective

1. Having little flesh or fat on the body: angular, bony, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean², meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slim, spare, thin, twiggy, weedy. Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail. See fat/thin.
2. Small in degree, especially of probability: faint, negligible, outside, remote, slight, slim. See big/small/amount.

adj

Definition: inadequate
Antonyms: adequate, good

adj

Definition: thin
Antonyms: fat, plump

IN BRIEF: Small in width or amount.

To lift a bean plant's hood of heart shaped leaves and discover a clutch of long slender pods handing underneath could make me catch my breath. — Michael Pollan.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - slank, tynd, spinkel, smækker

Nederlands (Dutch)
rank, slank

Français (French)
adj. - mince, svelte, effilé, gracile, élancé, faible, modeste, maigre

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schlank, schmal, gering

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λεπτός, λιγνός, λεπτόσωμος, αμυδρός, ισχνός, ανεπαρκής, πενιχρός

Italiano (Italian)
snello

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - delgado (m), reduzido (m), magro (m), esguio (m), insuficiente

Русский (Russian)
стройный, скудный, слабый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - esbelto, delgado, ligero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - smärt, smal, slank, spenslig, späd, klen, skral, ringa, mager, knapp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
修长的, 苗条的, 细长的, 纤细的, 微薄的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 修長的, 苗條的, 細長的, 纖細的, 微薄的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 홀쭉한, (수입 등이) 얼마 안 되는, 가냘픈

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ほっそりした, 細長い, わずかな, 薄い, 乏しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) هزيل, رفيع, نحيل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רזה, דק, עדין, דל, מצומצם, לא מספיק, זעום, פעוט‬

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