Found 4 items, similar to Slenderly.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: slender
langsing
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: slender
ampai, ceking, langsing, lanjai, ramping
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: slenderly
slenderly
adv 1: in a slim or slender manner;
“a slenderly built woman”;
“slightly built” [syn:
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,
meagrely] [ant:
amply,
amply]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Slenderly
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.
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She, as a veil down to the slender waist,
Her unadorned golden tresses wore. --Milton.
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2. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a
slender constitution.
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Mighty hearts are held in slender chains. --Pope.
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They have inferred much from slender premises. --J.
H. Newman.
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The slender utterance of the consonants. --J. Byrne.
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3. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of
slender intelligence.
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A slender degree of patience will enable him to
enjoy both the humor and the pathos. --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of
support; a slender pittance.
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Frequent begging makes slender alms. --Fuller.
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5. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
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The good Ostorius often deigned
To grace my slender table with his presence.
--Philips.
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6. (Phon.) Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of
broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.
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Slen"der*ly, adv. --
Slen"der*ness,
n.
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