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slenderly

slenderly adverb: thinly, slightly, delicately.

Adverb

slenderly (comparative more slenderly, superlative most slenderly)

  1. Thinly, slightly, delicately.
    • The columns slenderly rose to support a heavy platform and statue.
  2. meagrely; deficiently
    • It is no wonder that in an age when this kind of merit is so little in fashion, and so slenderly provided for, persons possessed of it should very eagerly flock to a place where they were sure of being received with great complaisance […]1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC

Forms of slenderly

comparativemore slenderly
superlativemost slenderly

Origin of slenderly

From slender + -ly.

Questions about slenderly

What does slenderly mean?
Slenderly means thinly, slightly, delicately.
What part of speech is slenderly?
Slenderly is an adverb.

Words near slenderly in the dictionary

  1. slenderization
  2. slenderize
  3. slenderized
  4. slenderizes
  5. slenderizing
  6. slenderly
  7. slenderness
  8. slendernesses
  9. slenders
  10. slendro
  11. Slendy

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