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slenderness
slen·der S0471300 (slĕn′dər)adj. slen·der·er, slen·der·est 1. a. Having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin: a slender rod.b. Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim: "She was slender as a willow shoot is slender—and equally graceful, equally erect" (Frank Norris).2. Small in amount or extent; meager: slender wages; a slender chance of survival.
[Middle English sclendre, slendre.]
slen′der·ly adv.slen′der·ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | slenderness - 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"inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency - lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" | | 2. | slenderness - relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope"tenuity, thinnessdimension - the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) | | 3. | slenderness - the property of an attractively thin personslimness, slightnessleanness, spareness, thinness - the property of having little body fat |
Translationsslenderness
slendernessIn structures, the effective length of a strut divided by its radius of gyration.slenderness
Synonyms for slendernessnoun the quality of being slight or inadequateRelated Words- inadequacy
- deficiency
- insufficiency
noun relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or widthSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the property of an attractively thin personSynonymsRelated Words- leanness
- spareness
- thinness
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