slender

adj

1. Thin; slim.

   “A rod is a long slender pole used for angling.”

   “She is very slender.”

   “Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.”

   “Smooth and slender and naked, Mary Rittersdorf faced her husband.”

2. (figuratively)Meagre; deficient.

   “Being a person of slender means, he was unable to afford any luxuries.”

   “The grounds for the conjecture are somewhat slender.”

   “The slender service between Ellesmere Port and Helsby has been added, too.”

3. Palatalized.

verb

1. (transitive)To attenuate.

   “Rolled-up sleeves bared her strong forearms, which slendered down when they came to the wrists and hands.”

noun

1. (UK, obsolete, slang)A simple country gentleman.

   “[…] the fantastic pilgrimages imposed on the "Cousin Slenders" of the world by their more facetious comrades […]”

   “[…] here also, behind the pillars, dark villains like Varney, and assassins like Iago, watched the simple country Slenders and the besotted Master Mathews, themselves grimly observed by honest water-carriers like Ben Jonson's Cob and Shakespeare's Adam.”

   “A walk through the pleasant little town of Cirencester upon a market day will show Slenders and Simples by the dozen.”