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slenderness n. 纖細 纖細 slenderness n 1: 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" 2: relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; " the tenuity of a hair"; " the thinness of a rope" [ synonym: { thinness}, { tenuity}, { slenderness}] [ ant: { thickness}] 3: the property of an attractively thin person [ synonym: { slenderness}, { slightness}, { slimness}] Slender \ Slen" der\, a. [ Compar. { Slenderer}; superl. { Slenderest}.] [ OE. slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin, slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen, slidderen, to creep; perh. akin to E. slide.] 1. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant. " A slender, choleric man." -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution. [ 1913 Webster] Mighty hearts are held in slender chains. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] They have inferred much from slender premises. -- J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster] The slender utterance of the consonants. -- J. Byrne. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence. [ 1913 Webster] A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance. [ 1913 Webster] Frequent begging makes slender alms. -- Fuller. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet. [ 1913 Webster] The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender table with his presence. -- Philips. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Phon.) Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Slen" der* ly}, adv. -- { Slen" der* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster]
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