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- pronunciation:
- slen
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
slenderer, slenderest |
| definition 1: |
of a person, attractively slim.
Her body was slender, like a dancer's.She was always somewhat plump, but her sister tended to be slender.- synonyms:
- gracile, slim, svelte, willowy
- antonyms:
- dumpy, plump, stocky, stout, stubby, stumpy
- similar words:
- lean, skinny, slight, spare, tenuous, thin, trim
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| definition 2: |
small in width.
The church was topped with two slender towers.She opened a slender volume of poems.- synonyms:
- gracile, narrow, thin
- antonyms:
- fat, gross, wide
- similar words:
- lean, slight, spare
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| definition 3: |
of a limited measure or amount; scant.
We won by a slender margin.- synonyms:
- exiguous, meager, scant, scanty
- antonyms:
- considerable
- similar words:
- bare, deficient, faint, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, narrow, slim
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| definition 4: |
barely justified, doubtful, or weak.
The victims of this disease have a slender chance of recovery.- synonyms:
- remote, slight, slim
- similar words:
- doubtful, faint, feeble, outside, small, thin, weak
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| related words: |
dim, elongate, fine, gaunt, stingy |
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| derivations: |
slenderly (adv.), slenderness (n.) |
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