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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | thin |
| Derivation | slenderness |
slender::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | slenderness |
a slender pole.
Examples of slender
slender
Stamina and breathing difficulties were issues in the past for the slender Serb.
From the heraldtribune.com
A dark green aromatic herb with long, slender leaves and a licorice-like flavor.
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Both species are slender, bright green above, and completely harmless to humans.
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The 48.7-foot wingspan of the squadron's Predator MQ-1L is slender and flexible.
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Edwards saw something in Croyle, who despite his slender build had a strong arm.
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This slender big man excites Davis because he can run the floor and block shots.
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Throw in gusting winds and his slender lead, and he could easily have struggled.
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He spots a shiny, slender can and asks his son, Chris Michaels, if it is a beer.
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The biopsy is often done with a very slender needle, and no cutting takes place.
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- Being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
- Very narrow; "a thin line across the page"
- Having little width in proportion to the length or height; "a slender pole"
- Small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"
- Lissome: moving and bending with ease
- (slenderness) the quality of being slight or inadequate; "he knew the slenderness of my wallet"; "the slenderness of the chances that anything would be done"; "the slenderness of the evidence"
- (slenderness) thinness: relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope"
- (Slenderness) In engineering, buckling is a failure mode characterized by a sudden failure of a structural member subjected to high compressive stresses, where the actual compressive stress at the point of failure is less than the ultimate compressive stresses that the material is capable of ...
- Thin; slim; palatalized
