Definition of: slender

(slen′dər) adjective
1. Having a small diameter or circumference, in proportion to the length or height; slim; thin.
2. Having little strength or vigor; feeble; frail; delicate.
3. Having slight basis or foundation; of little validity.
4. Small or inadequate; moderate; insignificant: a slender income or diet.
5. Meagerly or insufficiently supplied: a slender table.
6. Thin in sound or quality; lacking volume.
7. Phonet. Denoting vowels which are pronounced with a narrow opening above the tongue, as (ē); close; narrow; opposed to broad. See synonyms under FINE¹, LITTLE, MINUTE². [ME slendre, prob. <OF esclendre]
—slen′·der·ly adverb
—slen′der·ness noun