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[ adjective ] being of delicate or slender build

Synonyms

slender slight

Examples

"she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris "a slim girl with straight blonde hair" "watched her slight figure cross the street"

Used in print

(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)

Carrying it to the living_room , she imagined the picture she made : tall and roundly slim , a_bit sophisticated in her yellow sheath , with a graceful swingy walk that she had learned as a twirler with the school band .

Related terms

thin

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[ adjective ] small in quantity

Synonyms

slender

Examples

"slender wages" "a slim chance of winning" "a small surplus"

Related terms

small

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[ verb ] take off weight
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