slenderness
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- noun
- /ˈslɛndərnəs/
:
delgadez
- Her slenderness, her lack of unneeded flesh, was a rebuke to everything gross in the world.
Your eyes through the slenderness of maiden trees kissed a flame by the mouth of the spring, through them standing against a slowly goldening western sky.
- Your eyes through the slenderness of maiden trees kissed a flame by the mouth of the spring, through them standing against a slowly goldening western sky.
Examples
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Behind her was a man of apparently the same age, tall, still with the slenderness of youth, fair, wavy hair falling slightly over his left brow.
Fiction book (1993) -
It is a perfect combination, she said, a Celtic face and a Chinese slenderness.
Fiction book (2002) -
We try to combine slenderness with strength.
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When I say tall, I mean 6'5" or more; his slenderness made him seem even taller.
Fiction book (2001) -
And then there it was, his briefcase, its familiar hard-sided, Italian slenderness resting right on his stomach.
Fiction book (1994) -
Your eyes through the slenderness of maiden trees kissed a flame by the mouth of the spring, through them standing against a slowly goldening western sky.
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Han found himself studying her, noting the deepening lines in her face, the streaks of gray in her dark hair, and the thinness rather than slenderness of her neck.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the later paintings, this figure yields to one defined by slenderness and pallor, its contours further dissolved by dramatic spotlighting (Figs. 8, 1).
Academic text (2015) -
She could hardly reconcile her image of the heavy curtain with his paleness, his slenderness, his softness, his small hands and feet, and his marigold-colored pubic hair.
Fiction book (1997) -
Her slenderness was admired by many as she walked gracefully down the runway.
Synonyms
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A small width of an object like ice or wire
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Being thin in a way that looks attractive
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Having little body fat and being thin
A quality of being very thin or narrow
A thin body with very little fat
Antonyms
How Slender
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slenderness comes from the adjective slender plus the suffix -ness, meaning 'state' or 'quality'. A helpful image is a tall, narrow column or a slim waist; 'slenderness' is the state of being thin and often graceful, so we use it for elegant shapes.