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SLENDERNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of an attractively thin person
Synonyms:
slenderness; slightness; slimness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("slenderness" is a kind of...):
leanness; spareness; thinness (the property of having little body fat)
Derivation:
slender (being of delicate or slender build)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
Example:
the thinness of a rope
Synonyms:
slenderness; tenuity; thinness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("slenderness" is a kind of...):
dimension (the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height))
Derivation:
slender (having little width in proportion to the length or height)
slender (very narrow)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The quality of being slight or inadequate
Example:
the slenderness of the evidence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("slenderness" is a kind of...):
deficiency; inadequacy; insufficiency (lack of an adequate quantity or number)
Derivation:
slender (small in quantity)
