[
UK
/slˈɛndənəs/
]
NOUN
-
relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
the tenuity of a hair
the thinness of a rope - the property of an attractively thin person
-
the quality of being slight or inadequate
the slenderness of the chances that anything would be done
he knew the slenderness of my wallet
the slenderness of the evidence
How To Use slenderness In A Sentence
- As the twentieth century got under way, other cultural changes made slenderness seem desirable.
- He was some years younger than Marsden, and dressed soberly but in the very height of fashion, his lightly starched collar reaching to his ears, and a white waistcoat picked out with black calling unobtrusive attention to the slenderness of his waist. Hornblower And The Crisis
- Its ads, coupled with diet industry ads and media images that promote slenderness, are a recipe for bulimia.
- the slenderness of the evidence
- the slenderness of the chances that anything would be done
- She was a somewhat plain woman, her former slenderness surrendering gracefully to the greater girth of middle age and childbearing.
- This slenderness is further emphasised by the customised, fine mild steel rod attachments supporting the holland blinds.
- The word capillarity is of Latin derivation, and signifies hair-like slenderness. A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting Containing Complete Directions for Making and Fitting New Staffs from the Raw Material
- he knew the slenderness of my wallet
- Anyway, they inspire indolent ladies to train down and to diet and do sundry other things in the pursuit of slenderness.
