01 a. 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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Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.“She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore.” — Milton.
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Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.“Mighty hearts are held in slender chains.” — Pope.“They have inferred much from slender premises.” — J. H. Newman.“The slender utterance of the consonants.” — J. Byrne.
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Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.“A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos.” — Sir W. Scott.
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Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.“Frequent begging makes slender alms.” — Fuller.
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Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.“The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender table with his presence.” — Philips.
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Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.(Phon.)