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Slenderness

noun

The quality of being slight or inadequate. "The slenderness of the chances that anything would be done" , "The slenderness of the evidence"

Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width. Synonyms: tenuity, thinness. "The thinness of a rope" Antonym: thickness.

The property of an attractively thin person. Synonyms: slightness, slimness.

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"Slenderness" Quotes from Famous Books

... in a clear lake, was struck with the beauty of his horns, which he saw reflected in the water. At the same time, observing the extreme length and slenderness of his legs, 'What a pity it is,' said he, 'that so fine a creature should be furnished with so despicable a set of spindle-shanks! What a noble animal I should be, were my legs answerable ...

— Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match • Francis C. Woodworth

... revealed as a grotesque parody of that of a human being, with arms and legs like pipe-stems, a bald oval head that merged with neckless rigidity directly into a heavy-shouldered body that tapered into an almost wasp-like slenderness at the waist. He was naked save for a loin cloth of some metallic fabric. His bluish-gray skin had a dull oily sheen strangely suggestive of fine ...

— Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 • Various

... from the top of her black head to the tips of her brown shoes. He could have counted the freckles bridging her nose. The sunburn on her cheeks was very visible; there was something arresting in the depth of her eyes, the curve of her lips, the lithe slenderness of her young body; she gave the effect of something smoldering inside that would leap at ...

— Her Father's Daughter • Gene Stratton-Porter

... of her supple slenderness there was strength in her small wrists. She fought and twisted till she was worn out in her efforts to free herself. Panting, ...

— Crooked Trails and Straight • William MacLeod Raine

... darkness of the passage between the house and the wings. A short flight of damp steps surmounted, one of the strangest of all spectacles opened out before the provincial poet's eyes. The height of the roof, the slenderness of the props, the ladders hung with Argand lamps, the atrocious ugliness of scenery beheld at close quarters, the thick paint on the actors' faces, and their outlandish costumes, made of such coarse ...

— A Distinguished Provincial at Paris • Honore de Balzac

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