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Synonyms
slen·der (slĕńdər)

[Middle English sclendre, slendre.]

adjective: -er, -est. 

    1. Having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin: a slender rod.
    2. Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim: “She was slender as a willow shoot is slender—and equally graceful, equally erect” (Frank Norris)
  2. Small in amount or extent; meager: slender wages; a slender chance of survival.

derivatives

sleńder·ly
adverb
sleńder·ness
noun