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slenderness

DEFINITIONS OF: slenderness

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n relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width

Synonyms:
tenuity, thinness
Antonyms:
thickness
the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
Type of:
dimension
the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)

n the quality of being slight or inadequate

“he knew the slenderness of my wallet”
“the slenderness of the chances that anything would be done”
“the slenderness of the evidence”
Type of:
deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency
lack of an adequate quantity or number

n the property of an attractively thin person

Synonyms:
slightness, slimness
Type of:
leanness, spareness, thinness
the property of having little body fat
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