Definition of SLENDER

slender

Adjective Satellite

  • being of delicate or slender build; - Frank Norris
    • "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"
  • very narrow
  • having little width in proportion to the length or height
    • "a slender pole"
  • small in quantity
    • "slender wages"
  • moving and bending with ease

Adj

  • Thin; slim.
  • meagre; deficient
  • Palatalized.

Adjective

  • Gracefully thin; limited in amount or extent.

Examples

  • A rod is a long slender pole used for angling.
  • Being a person of slender means, he was unable to afford any luxuries.
  • He had only a SLENDER chance of winning, but his final word secured the victory.
  • She is very slender.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English slendre, sclendre, from Old French esclendre (“thin, slender”), from Middle Dutch slinder (“thin, lank”), from Proto-Germanic *slindraz (“sliding, slippery”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“to slip”). Cognate with Bavarian Schlenderling (“that which dangles”), German schlendern (“to saunter, stroll”), Dutch slidderen, slinderen (“to wriggle, creep like a serpent”), Low German slindern (“to slide on ice”). More at slide, slither.

Scrabble Score: 8

slender: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
slender: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
slender: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

slender: valid Words With Friends Word