Meaning 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.