| Slender (slender) |
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| Slen"der |
| [Compar. Slenderer (?);
superl. Slenderest.] [OE. slendre,
sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin, slender, perhaps through
a French form; cf. OD. slinderen, slidderen, to cre |
Small or
narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as,
a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as,
slender hope; a slender constitution.
Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight;
as, a man of slender intelligence.
Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as,
slender means of support; a slender pittance.
Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a
slender diet.
Uttered with a thin tone; --
the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long
e and i.
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