Slender
English Meaning
Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
- Having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin: a slender rod.
- Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim: "She was slender as a willow shoot is slender—and equally graceful, equally erect” ( Frank Norris).
- Small in amount or extent; meager: slender wages; a slender chance of survival.