What is "slenderly"

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.]

1. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant. ``A slender, choleric man.''
   --Chaucer.

   She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore.
   --Milton.

2. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.

   Mighty hearts are held in slender chains.
   --Pope.

   They have inferred much from slender premises.
   --J. H. Newman.

   The slender utterance of the consonants.
   --J. Byrne.

3. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.

   A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos.
   --Sir W. Scott.

4. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.

   Frequent begging makes slender alms.
   --Fuller.

5. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.

   The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender table with his presence.
   --Philips.

6. (Phon.) Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. [1913 Webster] -- Slen"der*ly, adv. -- Slen"der*ness, n.

adv. thinly, slightly, delicately.

1. adv. in a slim or slender manner; "a slenderly built woman"; "slightly built" [syn: slimly, slightly]

2. to a meager degree or in a meager manner; "these voices are meagerly represented at the conference"; "the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources" [syn: meagerly, sparingly, meagrely] [ant: amply, amply]