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  • 61slenderness — slender ► ADJECTIVE (slenderer, slenderest) 1) gracefully thin. 2) barely sufficient: a slender majority. DERIVATIVES slenderly adverb slenderness noun. ORIGIN of unknown origin …

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  • 62slim — ► ADJECTIVE (slimmer, slimmest) 1) gracefully thin; slenderly built. 2) small in width and long and narrow in shape. 3) very small: a slim chance. ► VERB (slimmed, slimming) 1) …

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  • 63slimmer — slim ► ADJECTIVE (slimmer, slimmest) 1) gracefully thin; slenderly built. 2) small in width and long and narrow in shape. 3) very small: a slim chance. ► VERB (slimmed, slimming) 1) …

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  • 64slimness — slim ► ADJECTIVE (slimmer, slimmest) 1) gracefully thin; slenderly built. 2) small in width and long and narrow in shape. 3) very small: a slim chance. ► VERB (slimmed, slimming) 1) …

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  • 65slender — [slen′dər] adj. [ME slendre, sclendre < ?] 1. small in width as compared with the length or height; long and thin 2. having a slim, trim figure [a slender girl] 3. small or limited in amount, size, extent, etc.; meager [slender earnings] 4. of …

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  • 66slender — adj. (slenderer, slenderest) 1 a of small girth or breadth (a slender pillar). b gracefully thin (a slender waist). 2 relatively small or scanty; slight, meagre, inadequate (slender hopes; slender resources). Phrases and idioms: slender loris see …

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  • 67slim — adj., v., & n. adj. (slimmer, slimmest) 1 a of small girth or thickness, of long narrow shape. b gracefully thin, slenderly built. c not fat or overweight. 2 small, insufficient (a slim chance of success). 3 clever, artful, crafty, unscrupulous.… …

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  • 68trumpet honeysuckle — noun evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral red or orange flowers • Syn: ↑coral honeysuckle, ↑trumpet flower, ↑trumpet vine, ↑Lonicera sempervirens • Hypernyms: ↑honeysuckle • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 69spider cart — noun or spider wagon : a light cart having a high body and large slenderly constructed wheels …

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  • 70smally — I. ˈsmȯlē adverb Etymology: Middle English, from smal small + ly 1. obsolete : minutely, scantily 2 …

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