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Adjective: slender (slenderer,slenderest)  slen-du(r)
  1. Being of delicate or thin build
    "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender";
    - slight, slim, svelte
     
  2. Very narrow
    "a slender line across the page";
    - thin, slimline
     
  3. Having little width in proportion to the length or height
    "a slender pole"
     
  4. Small in quantity
    "slender wages"; "a slender surplus";
    - slim

Derived forms: slenderest, slenderer

See also: lean, little, meager [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], narrow, small, thin

Encyclopedia: Slender