Crossword-Solution: SLENDER
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Slender | superl. | Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant. |
| Slender | superl. | Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution. |
| Slender | superl. | Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence. |
| Slender | superl. | Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance. |
| Slender | superl. | Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet. |
| Slender | superl. | Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SLENDER | anagram | LENDERS, RELENDS |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEARE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SLENDER (5)
Once, as he was gazing northward, Far away upon a prairie He beheld a maiden standing, Saw a tall and slender maiden All alone upon a prairie; Brightest green were all her garments, And her hair was like the sunshine.
Seeing his own shadow reflected in the water, he greatly admired the size and variety of his horns, but felt angry with himself for having such slender and weak feet.
Alexandra had had it made from a little photograph, taken for his friends just before he left Sweden; a slender man of thirty-five, with soft hair curling about his high forehead, a drooping mustache, and wondering, sad eyes that looked forward into the distance, as if they already beheld the New World.
One of the ladies, a short woman dressed in white, was simply screaming; the other, a dark, slender figure, slashed at the man who gripped her arm with a whip she held in her disengaged hand.
Spanish Johnny looked younger than his wife, and when he was in health he was very handsome: slender, gold-colored, with wavy black hair, a round, smooth throat, white teeth, and burning black eyes.
Quotes with SLENDER (3)
I found myself grinning until my cheeks hurt, my scalp prickling till I thought it might lift off my head. My tongue ran away from me, giddy with freedom. This, and this, and this, I said to him. I did not have to fear that I spoke too much. I did not have to worry that I was too slender, or too slow. This and this and this! I taught him how to skip stones, and he taught me how to carve wood. I could feel every nerve in my body, every brush of air against my skin.
Perhaps swimming was dancing under the water, he thought. To swim under lily pads seeing their green slender stalks wavering as you passed, to swim under upraised logs past schools of sunfish and bluegills, to swim through reed beds past wriggling water snakes and miniature turtles, to swim in small lakes, big lakes, Lake Michigan, to swim in small farm ponds, creeks, rivers, giant rivers where one was swept along easefully by the current, to swim naked alone at night when yo…
Marcus's fear that his wife might succumb to childbed fever receded day by day as Lillian returned to her old self, healthy and slender and vigorous. His relief was vast. He had never known such overwhelming love for one person, nor had he anticipated that Lillian would so quickly become his essential requirement for happiness. Anything that was in his power to do for Lillian would be done.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 74 times in crossword archives (1946–2022).