small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.-weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.-moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.-small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.-spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.-uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.