Slender
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( superl.) Uttered with a thin tone; - the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.
(2): ( superl.) Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
(3): ( superl.) Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.
(4): ( superl.) Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.
(5): ( superl.) Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
(6): ( superl.) Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.
King James Dictionary [2]
Slen'Der, a.
1. Thin small in circumference compared with the length not thick as a slender stem or stalk of a plant. 2. Small in the waist not thick or gross. A slender waist is considered as a beauty. 3. Not strong small slight. Mighty hearts are held in slender chains. 4. Weak feeble as slender hope slender probabilities a slender constitution. 5. Small inconsiderable as a man of slender parts. 6. Small inadequate as slender means of support a slender pittance. 7. Not amply supplied. The good Ostorius often deign'd to grace my slender table. 8. Spare abstemious as a slender diet.
