slender
adjective /ˈslen.dər/
/-dɚ/ Definition
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.Thin or slender (of people)Not fit and healthyNarrow and thinThin and fine › small in amount or degree: a man of slender means (= without much money) The chances of settling this dispute through talks seem increasingly slender.Small in number and quantity slenderness /-nəs/ noun [U] Thin or slender (of people)Not fit and healthyNarrow and thin
(Definition of slender adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- beggarly adjective
- below adverb, preposition (LESS)
- certain adjective (LIMITED)
- could count sth on (the fingers of) one hand idiom
- drabs noun
- little adjective (SMALL)
- measly adjective
- mingy adjective
- minimal adjective
- modest adjective (NOT LARGE)
- narrow adjective (ONLY JUST)
- negligible adjective
- outside adjective
- piffling adjective
- remote adjective (SLIGHT)
- small adjective (LIMITED ACTIVITY)
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- strength noun (NUMBER)
- thinly adverb (FEW)
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