Slender Definition

slĕndər

slenderest, slenderer

adjective

slenderest, slenderer

Small in width or girth; narrow.

A slender waist.

Webster's New World

Having a slim, trim figure.

A slender girl.

Webster's New World

Small or limited in amount, size, extent, etc.; meager.

A student living on slender means.

Webster's New World

Of little force or validity; having slight foundation; feeble.

Slender hope.

Webster's New World

(Gaelic languages) Palatalized.

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Other Word Forms of Slender

Base Form:

slender

Comparative:

slenderer

Superlative:

slenderest

From Middle English slendre, sclendre, from Old French esclendre (“thin, slender"), from Old Dutch slinder (“thin, lank"), from Proto-Germanic *slindraz (“sliding, slippery"), from Proto-Indo-European *sleidh- (“to slip"). Cognate with Bavarian Schlenderling (“that which dangles"), German schlendern (“to saunter, stroll"), Dutch slidderen, slinderen (“to wriggle, creep like a serpent"), Low German slindern (“to slide on ice"). More at slide, slither.

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Middle English sclendre, slendre

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition