slenderness

Definitions of slenderness
  1. noun
    relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
    synonyms: tenuity, thinness
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    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)
  2. noun
    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”
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    type of:
    deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency
    lack of an adequate quantity or number
  3. noun
    the property of an attractively thin person
    synonyms: slightness, slimness
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    type of:
    leanness, spareness, thinness
    the property of having little body fat
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