EnglishMain Dictionary
slender
Universal Words
adjective (slenderer, slenderest)
HELPNOTE You can also use more slender and most slender.
1 (approving) (of people or their bodies) thin in an attractive or graceful way
SYNSLIM:
her slender figure * long, slender fingers * a slender young woman
2 thin or narrow:
a glass with a slender stem
3 small in amount or size and hardly enough:
to win by a slender margin / majority * people of slender means (= with little money) * Australia held a slender 10 lead at half-time. * These claims are based on slender evidence.
slenderness noun [U]
