— slenderly , adv. — slenderness , n.
/slen"deuhr/ , adj., slenderer, slenderest .
1. having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length: a slender post.
2. thin or slight; light and graceful: slender youths.
3. small in size, amount, extent, etc.; meager: a slender income.
4. having little value, force, or justification: slender prospects.
5. thin or weak, as sound.
[ 1300-50; ME slendre, sclendre ]
Syn. 2. SLENDER, SLIGHT, SLIM imply a tendency toward thinness. As applied to the human body, SLENDER implies a generally attractive and pleasing thinness: slender hands. SLIGHT often adds the idea of frailness to that of thinness: a slight, almost fragile, figure. SLIM implies a lithe or delicate thinness: a slim and athletic figure. 4. trivial, trifling. 5. fragile, feeble, fine, delicate, flimsy.
Ant. 2. fat, stocky.