'Slenderness' definitions:
Definition of 'slenderness'
From: WordNet
noun
The quality of being slight or inadequate; "he knew the slenderness of my wallet"; "the slenderness of the chances that anything would be done"; "the slenderness of the evidence"
noun
Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope" [syn: thinness, tenuity, slenderness] [ant: thickness]
noun
The property of an attractively thin person [syn: slenderness, slightness, slimness]
Definition of 'Slenderness'
From: GCIDE
- Slender \Slen"der\, a. [Compar. Slenderer; superl. Slenderest.] [OE. slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin, slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen, slidderen, to creep; perh. akin to E. slide.]
- 1. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant. "A slender, choleric man." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution. [1913 Webster]
- Mighty hearts are held in slender chains. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- They have inferred much from slender premises. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]
- The slender utterance of the consonants. --J. Byrne. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence. [1913 Webster]
- A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance. [1913 Webster]
- Frequent begging makes slender alms. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet. [1913 Webster]
- The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender table with his presence. --Philips. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Phon.) Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. [1913 Webster] -- {Slen"der*ly}, adv. -- {Slen"der*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]