slender

[slen-der] /ˈslɛn dər/
adjective, slenderer, slenderest.
1.
having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length:
a slender post.
2.
thin or slight; light and graceful:
slender youths.
3.
small in size, amount, extent, etc.; meager:
a slender income.
4.
having little value, force, or justification:
slender prospects.
5.
thin or weak, as sound.
Origin
1300-50; Middle English slendre, sclendre < ?
Related forms
slenderly, adverb
slenderness, noun
unslender, adjective
Synonyms
2. Slender, slight, slim imply a tendency toward thinness. As applied to the human body, slender implies a generally attractive and pleasing thinness: slender hands. Slight often adds the idea of frailness to that of thinness: a slight, almost fragile, figure. Slim implies a lithe or delicate thinness: a slim and athletic figure. 4. trivial, trifling. 5. fragile, feeble, fine, delicate, flimsy.
Antonyms
2. fat, stocky.
Examples from the web for slender
  • He has slender shoulders, slight arms, and narrow hips.
  • Each end of the bar carries a significant weight of intellectual subject matter, but the connection is slender.
  • There is a slender chance that the prosecution will try to get him back into court.
  • Both new species belong to a little-known group of known as thread snakes-also called worm snakes and slender blind snakes.
  • Plants of filmy appearance and delicate character, with slender branches and n more add to my plant list.
  • The long slender styles can be as seductive in their way as short skirts are in theirs.
  • Only a slender majority of business chiefs think the euro will survive in its present form.
  • It had large eyes, slender flexible fingers, and a light body.
  • The giraffe's slender legs point skyward, then swing sideways as it collapses in the desert dust.
  • Wide crown of stiff, gray-green, feather-shaped leaves atop a slender trunk.
British Dictionary definitions for slender

slender

/ˈslɛndə/
adjective
1.
of small width relative to length or height
2.
(esp of a person's figure) slim and well-formed
3.
small or inadequate in amount, size, etc: slender resources
4.
(of hopes, etc) having little foundation; feeble
5.
very small: a slender margin
6.
(of a sound) lacking volume
7.
(phonetics) (now only in Irish phonology) relating to or denoting a close front vowel, such as i or e
Derived Forms
slenderly, adverb
slenderness, noun
Word Origin
C14 slendre, of unknown origin
Word Origin and History for slender
adj.

c.1400, earlier sclendre (late 14c.), probably from a French source, often said to be from Old French esclendre "thin, slender," which could be from Old Dutch slinder, but the connections, and even the existence of these words, is doubtful. Related: Slenderly; slenderness.