Definition of Slenderer

1. Adjective. (comparative of slender) ¹

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Definition of Slenderer

1. slender [adj] - See also: slender

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slenderer

slender-waisted
slender centaury
slender fasciculus
slender knapweed
slender lady palm
slender lobule
slender loris
slender process of malleus
slender rush
slender salamander
slender sedge
slender sedges
slender spike rush
slender wild oat
slenderer (current term)
slenderest
slenderise
slenderize
slenderized
slenderizes
slenderizing
slenderly
slenderness
slendernesses
slenter
slenters
slepez
slept
slept off

Literary usage of Slenderer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"... being slenderer than those of D. rosea, must be preserved with greater care during winter. ... slenderer ..."

2. The Way of Saint James by Georgiana Goddard King (1920)
"The jambs are of a style to be found at Estella, where five shafts are separated and flanked by others much slenderer, topped each with a human head. ..."

3. Refugium Botanicum: Or Figures and Descriptions from Living Specimens, of ...by William Wilson Saunders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, John Gilbert Baker by William Wilson Saunders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, John Gilbert Baker (1882)
"The plant is much slenderer. The representation of the inflorescences is not to be understood from fig. 1; they appear umbellate-racemose, ..."

4. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature ...: With Numerous Notes from the by Oliver Goldsmith (1857)
"'1 In.: body of the male is smaller and slenderer; that of the female more thick and oval. Previous to the junction of these animals,they are seen sporting ..."

5. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 by Randolph Barnes Marcy, George Brinton McClellan (1854)
"The fifth joint is of the length of the fourth, but slenderer, and provided anteriorly with a stout and shorter spine. Finally, the sixth joint is a ..."

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