1
a
: spare in frame or flesh
especially
: gracefully slight
b
: small or narrow in circumference or width in proportion to length or height
2
: limited or inadequate in amount or scope : meager
people of slender means
slenderly
adverb
slenderness
noun
Examples of slender in a Sentence
She has a slender figure.
a flower with a slender stem
an animal with a long, slender snout
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The three super skinny pen tips can go from creating impossibly slender, seemingly real brow strokes to a cluster of freckles across the cheeks much like a stamp.
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Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
But Cummings prefers to mail the slender tubes back to Crown Bees, which will care for them over the winter.
—Martha Ann Overland, NPR, 6 Apr. 2025
The tower’s slender triangles look diaphanous from a distance, but from the sidewalk the building resembles a fortress, with a 186-foot concrete-and-steel base safeguarding the 94 stories above from bombings.
—David W. Dunlap, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
On top of the El Dorado’s twin towers, nearly 400 feet in the air, were two men balancing on the slender ziggurat peaks.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 21 Mar. 2025
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Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
But Cummings prefers to mail the slender tubes back to Crown Bees, which will care for them over the winter.
—Martha Ann Overland, NPR, 6 Apr. 2025
The tower’s slender triangles look diaphanous from a distance, but from the sidewalk the building resembles a fortress, with a 186-foot concrete-and-steel base safeguarding the 94 stories above from bombings.
—David W. Dunlap, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
On top of the El Dorado’s twin towers, nearly 400 feet in the air, were two men balancing on the slender ziggurat peaks.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slender
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“Slender.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slender. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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