Slender

Definition of Slender

Slen´der

a.	1.	Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore. - Milton.
	2.	Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution. Mighty hearts are held in slender chains. - Pope. They have inferred much from slender premises. - J. H. Newman. The slender utterance of the consonants. - J. Byrne.
	3.	Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence. A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos. - Sir W. Scott.
	4.	Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance. Frequent begging makes slender alms. - Fuller.
	5.	Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet. The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender table with his presence. - Philips.
	6.	(Phon.) Uttered with a thin tone; - the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.

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