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.