slender
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈslɛndər/
- Many families struggle to make ends meet on a slender budget.
- a slender volume
- a slender thread
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Watch on YouTubeAnd we're supposed to try to live as close as possible to what Saint Ignatius calls a family of slender means, you know, people who don't have a lot.
- And we're supposed to try to live as close as possible to what Saint Ignatius calls a family of slender means, you know, people who don't have a lot.
Examples
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Gordon Tech hangs on to a slender lead in the waning seconds of the game.
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When the heavy clouds swallowed the slender moon, I peered upward and rejoiced.
Fiction book (2000) -
My situation, however, is the same as that of many who are reduced to slender means through no fault of their own.
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A girl of slender means.
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Mr. Elton, my skills are slender indeed, and we must not forget how shy Miss Smith is.
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The lake had been carved by glaciers; it was long and slender as a crooked finger.
Fiction book (2000) -
Then I noticed a slender, black, felt-tipped marker lying on Ellie's desk.
Fiction book (1995) -
And we're supposed to try to live as close as possible to what Saint Ignatius calls a family of slender means, you know, people who don't have a lot.
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With his slender, surgical shears, Dr. Bender cut the metal nut and freed my finger.
Fiction book (1998) -
His slender income made it difficult to save for a house.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not large in size or amount
∞
1.0
So small it can fit in your hand
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2.0
Small in amount or number, not large
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1.0
Very small in size so you can hold it in one hand
55
8.1
Very small, like a baby mouse
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3.4
Very small and weak, not impressive
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6.3
Too small to be useful
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6.8
Very small in size
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4.3
Very small and easy to miss
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4.9
Clothes that are very small and show a lot of the body
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2.0
A little smaller than usual
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4.4
Very small in amount or size, often for close results
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.9
A small thin animal with soft skin that lives in damp places on the Pacific coast of the United States
- Indian
1
9.5
A small thin animal like a monkey from southern India and Sri Lanka with large eyes and slow movements
- Specialized
A Chinese palm with thinner stems and leaves than the common lady palm
- Specialized
A plant with thin stems that grows in clumps in wet places like marshes
- Specialized
A water plant with thin leaves kept in aquariums to give oxygen to the water
- Specialized
A grass from North America grown in the western United States for animal feed
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Slender comes from an old root slend- that meant 'thin' or 'small', so it was used for things that are only a little. That's why a slender amount or chance is a very small or meagre one.