Definition of slender
- superl. - Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the
height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
- superl. - Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a
slender constitution.
- superl. - Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man
of slender intelligence.
- superl. - Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means
of support; a slender pittance.
- superl. - Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
- superl. - Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad;
as, the slender vowels long e and i.