1. Adjective form
Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
2. Adjective form
Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.
3. Adjective form
Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.
4. Adjective form
Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.
5. Adjective form
Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
6. Adjective form
Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.
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