Meanings
plural slendernesses
- uncountableusuallyThe property of being slender.
England have not beaten their neighbours from across the Channel since 1974 and the slenderness of the scoreline, with the two side’s separated only by Eugénie Le Sommer’s first-half strike, disguises the superiority of a French side now clear favourites to top Group F
2015 June 9, “Women’s World Cup 2015: England beaten by France in Group F opener”, in The Guardian (London)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounrelatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
nounthe property of an attractively thin person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan esveltesa
- esveltesaproperty of being slender
Czech štíhlost, útlost
- štíhlostproperty of being slender
- útlostproperty of being slender
French sveltesse
- sveltesseproperty of being slender
German Schlankheit
- Schlankheitproperty of being slender
Irish caoile
- caoileproperty of being slender
Latin gracilitās
- gracilitāsproperty of being slender
Latvian slaidums, slaikums
- slaidumsproperty of being slender
- slaikumsproperty of being slender
Spanish esbeltez
- esbeltezproperty of being slender
Cite this entry
slenderness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slenderness
“slenderness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slenderness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slenderness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slenderness.
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