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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. |