slender
/'slendə/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Thin and graceful in build: Describes a person or object that is attractively thin, often implying gracefulness and delicacy.
- Small in amount or degree: Indicates something that is limited, meager, or barely sufficient.
- Narrow in width: Describes something long and thin in proportion to its length or height.
Examples of Usage
- Describing a person's build:
- She has a slender figure.
- The dancer was tall and slender.
- Describing a small amount or chance:
- They survived on a slender income.
- There is only a slender possibility of success.
- Describing a narrow shape:
- The tower was a slender spire against the sky.
- He wrote with a slender line of ink.
Advanced Usage
- "Slender means": having very little money or resources.
- The family lived on slender means, but they were happy.
- "Slender evidence": evidence that is minimal or not very strong.
- The case was dismissed due to slender evidence.
- "Slender thread": a metaphor for something very fragile or tenuous.
- His life hung by a slender thread after the accident.
Variants and Related Words
- Slenderly (adverb): in a slender manner.
- The column rose slenderly to the ceiling.
- Slenderness (noun): the quality or state of being slender.
- The slenderness of the model was often discussed.
Synonyms
- Slim: Thin in an attractive way (often interchangeable with 'slender' for build).
- Slight: Small and thin in build; also can mean small in degree.
- Thin: Having little flesh or fat; of small diameter.
- Narrow: Of small width.
- Meager: Deficient in quantity or quality.
Antonyms
- Stout: Rather fat or heavy build.
- Plump: Having a full, rounded shape.
- Abundant: Existing or available in large quantities.
- Wide: Of great or more than average width.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- A slender reed: A person or thing that is too weak to provide reliable support.
- You're leaning on a slender reed if you trust him with such an important secret.
- To have a slender hold on something: To have a very weak or tenuous understanding or control.
- He only has a slender hold on the concepts being taught.
Adjective
- moving and bending with ease
- small in quantity
- slender wages
- a slim chance of winning
- a small surplus
- having little width in proportion to the length or height
- a slender pole
- very narrow
- a thin line across the page
- being of delicate or slender build
- she was slender as a willow shoot is slender- Frank Norris
- a slim girl with straight blonde hair
- watched her slight figure cross the street