adjective
- Being of delicate or slender build.
- usage: "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
- Very narrow.
- usage: "a thin line across the page"
- synonyms: thin
- Having little width in proportion to the length or height.
- usage: "a slender pole"
- Small in quantity.
- usage: "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"
- synonyms: slim
- Moving and bending with ease.
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