slender

Definition

  • adjective: thin especially in an attractive or graceful way
  • adjective: spare in frame or flesh
  • synonyms: junoesque, lenten, spartan

Examples

  • The President has a 'slender' [='narrow, slim'] lead in the polls. = The President leads by a 'slender' margin in the polls.

  • ('formal') young people of 'slender' means [=young people who do not have much money]

  • an animal with a long, 'slender' snout

Movie quotes

  • (..) greatest dodgers... "because they dodge their own very selves." Beautiful! Look at that golden hair and the slender legs! - She's all right. - All right? She's terrific! Superb! What else can you do, darling? - I can do a few things pretty well. - Such as what? (..)
    1974 The Gambler