slenderness

slenderness
noun
1. the quality of being slight or inadequate
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he knew the slenderness of my wallet

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the slenderness of the chances that anything would be done

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the slenderness of the evidence

Derivationally related forms: ↑slender
Hypernyms: ↑insufficiency, ↑inadequacy, ↑deficiency
2. relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
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the tenuity of a hair

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the thinness of a rope

Syn: ↑thinness, ↑tenuity
Ant: ↑thickness (for: ↑thinness)
Derivationally related forms: ↑slender, ↑tenuous (for: ↑tenuity), ↑thin (for: ↑thinness)
Hypernyms: ↑dimension
3. the property of an attractively thin person
Syn: ↑slightness, ↑slimness
Derivationally related forms: ↑slim (for: ↑slimness), ↑slight (for: ↑slightness), ↑slender
Hypernyms: ↑leanness, ↑thinness, ↑spareness

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  • slenderness — noun see slender …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • slenderness — See slenderly. * * * …   Universalium

  • slenderness — noun The property of being slender …   Wiktionary

  • slenderness — slen·der·ness || slendÉ™rnɪs n. slimness, thinness, slightness; meagerness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • slenderness — slen·der·ness …   English syllables

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