slenderslen‧der /ˈslendə $ -ər/ ●○○ adjective 
She is slender and stylish. Laura’s tall, slender figureslender legs/arms/fingers etc► see thesaurus at thin2small or very limited in amount or size SYN slim: The company only has a slender hope of survival. The Republicans won the election by a slender majority. We had to make the most of our rather slender resources.—slenderness noun [uncountable]RegisterSlender sounds rather literary. In everyday English, people usually say slim or thin:· I don’t know how she stays so slim.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- slender white candles
- A spider was hanging from a slender thread.
- Gabriel was a tall slender young man with a light brown moustache.
- Mandy was slender and very fair with long golden hair.
- She had long, slender expressive hands, like a concert pianist.
- The Democrats had only a slender majority in Congress.
- The path led through the slender birch trees.
- The pictures are held in place by three slender brass rods.
- The third quarter's slender profit was still an improvement on previous results.
- Clare could see more rusty chain around the slender, peeling, silver trunk of a nearby birch tree.
- Film stars and fashion models became more slender because their angles photographed better on screen and in magazines.
- Her slender body was untidily bundled up in a big leathery jacket and she was wearing long, shiny red boots.
- It has a slender torpedo-shaped body with slightly elongated finnage.
- She was beautiful, too: tall and slender, effortlessly and unselfconsciously elegant, even in her muddy farm clothes.
- The girl's body was curved and slender and my hands were straying to the ribbons on her bodice.
- The tall, slender man and his goofy wife had been guests in the family compound.
THESAURUSperson
having little fat on your body: · a tall, thin man
thin in an attractive way: · her slim figure· a slim woman in her fifties· Magazines are always full of advice about how to stay slim.
written thin in an attractive and graceful way – used especially about parts of the body, and used especially about women: · her long, slender legs· She is slender, with very fair hair.
thin and looking healthy and fit: · his lean body· He was lean and looked like a runner.
very thin in a way that is not attractive: · a skinny teenager· Your arms are so skinny!
written thin and delicate: · a small, slight girl with big eyes
very thin, small, and weak-looking: · a scrawny kid in blue jeans
below the usual weight for someone of your height, and therefore too thin: · He had no appetite and remained underweight.
written very thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry: · He looked gaunt and had not shaved for days.
written extremely thin and weak, because you are ill or not getting enough to eat: · The tents were filled with emaciated refugees.
written used about someone who is so thin that you can see the shape of their bones: · The soldiers were shocked by the skeletal figures of the camp’s prisoners.
used about someone who is extremely thin because they have a mental illness that makes them stop eating: · Her daughter is anorexic.· anorexic teenagers
object/material not wide: · a thin slice of cake· a thin layer of ice· The gold was very thin.
thin, especially in a way that looks attractive: · a slim volume of poetry· a slim mobile phone· a slim wooden box
written tall or long and thin, in a way that looks attractive, but is often not very strong: · the slender columns that supported the roof· The spider was hanging by a slender thread.
extremely thin, like paper: · The walls of the apartment were paper-thin.· wafer-thin slices of pastry· The petals are paper-thin.
Longman Language Activatorthin in an attractive way · She was tall, slim, blond, and really good-looking.· Mrs Ester was in her late thirties, about average height, with a slim figure.· You're looking slimmer - have you lost weight?stay slim · She looks great -- how does she stay so slim?
thin in an attractive and graceful way: · Gabriel was a tall slender young man with a light brown moustache.· Mandy was slender and very fair with long golden hair.· She had long, slender expressive hands, like a concert pianist.
a woman or girl who is willowy is attractively tall and thin in a graceful way -- used especially in romantic novels: · In contrast to Francesca, who was tall and willowy, Diana was small and curvy.· Anastasia was willowy and graceful, with grey eyes and long, straight red hair.
long and thin · The roof is supported by thin iron columns.· a thin blue line· a wire as thin as a human hair
a stem, stick etc that is slender is long and thin in a graceful, attractive way: · The pictures are held in place by three slender brass rods.· slender white candles· A spider was hanging from a slender thread.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Laura’s tall, slender figureCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1thin in an attractive or graceful way SYN slim: Laura’s tall, slender figure· She was very strong despite her slender build.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· However, humanity could survive a glacial; its chances of surviving a runaway greenhouse effect are much more slender.· She would pave the way for a much more slender ideal: the flapper.· Terry, who was taller, and far more slender, would look much better in classic lines.· A taller, more slender can was a tumbler.· The teeth are longer and more slender than in any other crocodilian.· Film stars and fashion models became more slender because their angles photographed better on screen and in magazines.· Naturally, one can use such counter-parallelisms in many other ways, using more dissonant-type chords, or a more slender texture.· The male of the species tends to be slightly smaller and more slender than the female.
· Some species have very slender branches.
NOUN· They had graceful, slender bodies, tapering into root-like shapes where a Human would have ankles and feet.· Hilda wandered around muttering, her already slender body now thin to transparency.· His heart beats faster and once a trembling goes through his slender body like unbearable expectation.· Ro snakes his slender body from under the makeshift table.· Of Isabel lying soft and pliant in his arms, her slender body pressed to his.· The slender body befitted the new aesthetic of the modern con-sumer age, also light and streamlined.· Her slender body was untidily bundled up in a big leathery jacket and she was wearing long, shiny red boots.· Left: The Black Striped Rasbora is built for speed with elongated fins to match its slender body form.
· Her gown was long, emphasising her slender figure, and starkly black.· Soon, society women were wearing slinky dresses that favored a more small-breasted, slender figure.· The slender figure rose from the chair, and flung back its veil.· And almost immediately she'd felt the forceful beam of Ross's hard grey eyes sweeping over her slender figure.· But nowhere in the throng could Sara see Jenny's fair hair and slender figure.· His slender figure was plunged first into light then into shadow as he passed before the slitted windows.· She saw the glint of a silver helmet and the slender figure of a Woman.· A wool dress sculpted her slender figure and ended at mid-thigh.
· She ticks them off, one by one, on her long slender fingers.· Idly she traced the pattern of the marble-topped table with a slender finger.· Lissa's slender fingers curled into fists at her sides.· She returned to the letter in her hand, turning it over in her slender fingers before opening it.· Long slender fingers, wedding ring, and a huge ruby on another ring.
· Claudia gave up without a struggle to the sensations that were shaking her slender form.
· Long, slender legs showed beneath the swirling pleats of a school skirt.· Experts said its long, slender legs suggest it was a fast runner.· She wore a pale pink dress that swirled around slender legs and her hair was caught back with a matching headband.· First you were a little girl and then you were a teenager with long silvery-fair hair and long, slender legs.· She walked ahead of me on the narrow path; she had slender legs and pretty ankles.· Sweetly pretty, in her full flowered dress that hung in soft folds around her slender legs.· He imagined her long slender legs that would end in a delicious warm triangle.
· She was a thin, slender woman, somewhere in the further reaches of middle age.· She is a slender woman with a pixy haircut.· A tall, slender woman moved into the room from the kitchen, wearing an apron.
She is slender and stylish. Laura’s tall, slender figureslender legs/arms/fingers etc► see thesaurus at thin2small or very limited in amount or size SYN slim: The company only has a slender hope of survival. The Republicans won the election by a slender majority. We had to make the most of our rather slender resources.—slenderness noun [uncountable]RegisterSlender sounds rather literary. In everyday English, people usually say slim or thin:· I don’t know how she stays so slim.