superl spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
2. slender ·superl weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.
3. slender ·superl moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.
4. slender ·superl small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.
5. slender ·superl uttered with a thin tone;
the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.
6. slender ·superl small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.