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The property of an attractively thin person
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slenderness
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n. The property of being slender.
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Slender \Slen"der\, a. [Compar. Slenderer ; superl. Slenderest .] [OE. slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin, slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen, slidderen, to creep; perh. akin to E. slide.] Small or narrow in proportion to the ...
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n. relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope" [syn: thinness , tenuity ] [ant: thickness ] the property of an attractively thin person [syn: slightness , slimness ]
Usage examples of slenderness.
Then again, Lelaine was imposing in blue-slashed velvet despite her slenderness, dignity made flesh, with an air of authority that seemed greater than ever tonight.
Her bosom was hardly excessive, yet her slenderness made it seem so, and she appeared about to pop free of the garment.
This slenderness on the part of the spinstresses must not prejudice us against their work: there is no parity between their skill and their years.
Monique was at the peak of her beauty and slenderness, teetering on the inevitable downslide through her late thirties.
But there was something as seallike as human about them, and a trace of otterine slenderness and grace.
And he exclaims, in verse that applieth to her: Exquisite slenderness!
It is thus in countries where men's bodies are apt to exceed in corpulency, personal beauty is placed in a much greater degree of slenderness, than in countries where that is the most usual defect.
With slenderness guaranteed, a simple regimen of light exercise was all she needed to keep her ballerina muscle tone.
Now at the far end, opposite the house, was an unusual sight: like a set of fingers, a row of five white fluted columns lent the garden the primitive, haunted look of a lost ruin: Judas vine snaked up their toppling slenderness, and a yellow tabby cat was sharpening its claws against the middle column.