1
a
: spare in frame or flesh
especially
: gracefully slight
b
: small or narrow in circumference or width in proportion to length or height
2
: limited or inadequate in amount or scope : meager
people of slender means
slenderly
adverb
slenderness
noun
Examples of slender in a Sentence
She has a slender figure.
a flower with a slender stem
an animal with a long, slender snout
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Anya Taylor-Joy, imperiously slender and with devouring eyes, has a porcelain haughtiness that doesn’t quite work as Emma Woodhouse — at least not for me.
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025
Those garments included curvaceous jackets with jodhpurs and slender gowns cut from both light-absorbing velvet and light reflecting satin.
At Chanel, meanwhile, the dark hue was used for military suits in nubby tweeds.
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
Despite his slender figure, he was deployed as a midfielder in a 4-3-3 in each of the Gold Cup knockout games in a left-sided No 8 role, with Edson Alvarez anchoring things in the middle.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Artist and designer Cecil Beaton performed a coy fashion magazine pose in full drag, his slender form crowned by an enormous picture hat that transforms him into something approaching a human flower, photographed by the duo David James Scott and Edgar Wilkinson.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025
Those garments included curvaceous jackets with jodhpurs and slender gowns cut from both light-absorbing velvet and light reflecting satin.
At Chanel, meanwhile, the dark hue was used for military suits in nubby tweeds.
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
Despite his slender figure, he was deployed as a midfielder in a 4-3-3 in each of the Gold Cup knockout games in a left-sided No 8 role, with Edson Alvarez anchoring things in the middle.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Artist and designer Cecil Beaton performed a coy fashion magazine pose in full drag, his slender form crowned by an enormous picture hat that transforms him into something approaching a human flower, photographed by the duo David James Scott and Edgar Wilkinson.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for slender
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“Slender.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slender. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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