SLEN'DER, adjective 1. Thin; small in circumference compared with the length; not thick; as a slender stem or stalk of a plant. 2. Small in the waist; not thick or gross. A slender waist is considered as a beauty. 3. Not strong; small; slight. Mighty hearts are held in slender chains. 4. Weak; feeble; as slender hope; slender probabilities; a slender constitution. 5. Small; inconsiderable; as a man of slender parts. 6. Small; inadequate; as slender means of support; a slender pittance. 7. Not amply supplied. The good Ostorius often deign'd to grace my slender table. 8. Spare; abstemious; as a slender diet.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI