1. (superl.) Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.

2. (superl.) Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.

3. (superl.) Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.

4. (superl.) Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.

5. (superl.) Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.

6. (superl.) Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.

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