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Webster 1828 Edition


Slenderness

SLEN'DERNESS

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Noun.
Thinness; smallness of diameter in proportion to the length; as the slenderness of a hair.
2.
Want of bulk or strength; as the slenderness of a cord or chain.
3.
Weakness; slightness; as the slenderness of a reason.
4.
Weakness; feebleness; as the slenderness of a constitution.
5.
Want of plenty; as the slenderness of supply.
6.
Spareness; as slenderness of diet.