slenderadjective
uk/ˈslen.dər/us/ˈslen.dɚ/C2 thin and delicate, often in a way that is attractive:
He put his hands around her slender waist.
The plant's leaves are long and slender.
small in amount or degree:
a man of slender means (= without much money)
The chances of settling this dispute through talks seem increasingly slender.
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Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people)
- anorexic
- be skin and bone(s) idiom
- elfin
- emaciated
- gaunt
- hatchet-faced
- lissome
- lithe
- pinched
- rangy
- skinny
- slenderize
- slight
- spare
- spindly
- sylphlike
- trim
- underweight
- waif-like
- wiry
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Thin and fine
Small in number and quantity
slenderness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈslen.də.nəs/us/ˈslen.dɚ.nəs/