1
a
: spare in frame or flesh
especially
: gracefully slight
b
: small or narrow in circumference or width in proportion to length or height
2
: limited or inadequate in amount or scope : meager
people of slender means
slenderly
adverb
slenderness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of slender in a Sentence
She has a slender figure.
a flower with a slender stem
an animal with a long, slender snout
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When the pandemic hit and unemployment soared, the unemployment insurance fund quickly exhausted its slender reserves and the state borrowed some $20 billion from the federal government to maintain payments.
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
Among the first prisoners stepping off the plane to greet President Putin was a slender brown-haired woman grasping the hand of her young daughter.
—Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
But those trees are still slender saplings, each throwing enough shade for maybe a chihuahua.
—Emma Marris, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2024
Anhingas are conspicuous birds with long, slender necks and turkey-like tails.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
Among the first prisoners stepping off the plane to greet President Putin was a slender brown-haired woman grasping the hand of her young daughter.
—Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
But those trees are still slender saplings, each throwing enough shade for maybe a chihuahua.
—Emma Marris, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2024
Anhingas are conspicuous birds with long, slender necks and turkey-like tails.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for slender
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“Slender.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slender. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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