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n. - The property of an attractively thin person; Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; The quality of being slight or inadequate.

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Usage examples (41)
  • He knew the slenderness of my wallet
  • The slenderness of the evidence
  • I was still somewhat thin, but now it could be called slenderness, not thinness.
  • HebrewPunk comes in at just under 150 large-print pages, but in part the slenderness is a function of the leanness of Tidhar’s style.
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