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ADVERB (2)

1. in a slim or slender manner;
- Example: "a slenderly built woman"
- Example: "slightly built"
[syn: slenderly, slimly, slightly]

2. to a meager degree or in a meager manner;
- Example: "these voices are meagerly represented at the conference"
- Example: "the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources"
[syn: meagerly, sparingly, slenderly, meagrely]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Slender \Slen"der\, a. [Compar. Slenderer; superl. Slenderest.] [OE. slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin, slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen, slidderen, to creep; perh. akin to E. slide.] 1. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant. "A slender, choleric man." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution. [1913 Webster] Mighty hearts are held in slender chains. --Pope. [1913 Webster] They have inferred much from slender premises. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster] The slender utterance of the consonants. --J. Byrne. [1913 Webster] 3. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence. [1913 Webster] A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 4. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance. [1913 Webster] Frequent begging makes slender alms. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 5. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet. [1913 Webster] The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender table with his presence. --Philips. [1913 Webster] 6. (Phon.) Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. [1913 Webster] -- Slen"der*ly, adv. -- Slen"der*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

slenderly adv 1: in a slim or slender manner; "a slenderly built woman"; "slightly built" [syn: slenderly, slimly, slightly] 2: to a meager degree or in a meager manner; "these voices are meagerly represented at the conference"; "the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources" [syn: meagerly, sparingly, slenderly, meagrely] [ant: amply, fully, richly]