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Synonyms for slimness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : slim
Phonetic Transcription : slɪm

Top 10 synonyms for slimness
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Définition of slimness

Origin :
  • 1650s, "thin, slight, slender," from Dutch slim "bad, sly, clever," from Middle Dutch slim "bad, crooked," from Proto-Germanic *slembaz "oblique, crooked" (cf. Middle High German slimp "slanting, awry," German schlimm "bad, cunning, unwell"). In English 17c. also sometimes with a sense "sly, cunning, crafty." Related: Slimly; slimness. With obsolete extended adjectival forms Slimsy "flimsy, unsubstantial" (1845); slimikin "small and slender" (1745). Slim Jim attested from 1887 in sense of "very thin person;" from 1902 as a type of slender cigar; from 1975 as a brand of meat snack.
  • As in narrowness : noun a physical restriction
  • As in thinness : noun slenderness
Example sentences :
  • But this slimness of figure is not inconsistent with muscular force.
  • Extract from : « Minnie's Pet Horse » by Madeline Leslie
  • That slimness was something that ran in Peter Mink's family.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Peter Mink » by Arthur Scott Bailey
  • Perhaps that accounts for the slimness of the naval contingent now.
  • Extract from : « Spanish Vistas » by George Parsons Lathrop
  • Notwithstanding their slimness, the figures in the picture are somewhat crowded.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Nuremberg » by Cecil Headlam
  • Their “slimness” was carried on on every available opportunity.
  • Extract from : « South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) » by Louis Creswicke
  • "Especially, Emilie, with your standard of slimness," added the Lieutenant-General.
  • Extract from : « The Ball at Sceaux » by Honore de Balzac
  • He was as slim as a sapling, the slimness of muscle and health.
  • Extract from : « Kenny » by Leona Dalrymple
  • It was a delight merely to behold the young master in his slimness and elegance.
  • Extract from : « Atlantis » by Gerhart Hauptmann
  • The slimness of attenuation was merged in that of wiry strength and muscle.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn » by Evelyn Everett-Green
  • And still the slimness of the native contrived to dodge the wiles of civilisation.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Kimberley » by T. Phelan

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