SLENDER
\slˈɛndə], \slˈɛndə], \s_l_ˈɛ_n_d_ə]\
Definitions of SLENDER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
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Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.
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Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.
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Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.
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Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
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Uttered with a thin tone; - the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.
By Oddity Software
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Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
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Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.
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Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.
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Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.
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Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
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Uttered with a thin tone; - the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.
By Noah Webster.
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Narrow in proportion to the length or height; slim; feeble; moderate; small: as, slender means of support; spare; as, a slender meal.
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Slenderly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Slenderly.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Thin; small in circumference compared with the length; small in the waist; not strong; small; inconsiderable; slight; weak; insufficient; spare; abstemious.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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