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Noun: slenderness  slen-du(r)-nus
  1. The property of an attractively thin person
    "Her slenderness was accentuated by the fitted dress";
    - slightness, slimness
     
  2. Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
    "the slenderness of a rope";
    - thinness, tenuity
     
  3. The quality of being slight or inadequate
    "the slenderness of the evidence"; "he knew the slenderness of my wallet"; "the slenderness of the chances that anything would be done"

Type of: deficiency, dimension, inadequacy, insufficiency, leanness, spareness, thinness

Antonym: thickness

Encyclopedia: Slenderness