Definition of Slender-waisted

1. Adjective. Having a small waist.

Exact synonyms: Slim-waisted, Wasp-waisted
Similar to: Lean, Thin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slender-waisted

sleighlike
sleighs
sleight
sleight of hand
sleightful
sleightly
sleights
sleights of hand
sleighty
sleiveen
sleiveens
slender
slender-horned gazelle
slender-horned gazelles
slender-tailed meerkat
slender-waisted (current term)
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

Literary usage of Slender-waisted

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

1. Popular Tales of the West Highlands by John Francis Campbell (1860)
"slender-waisted, hungry, hungry-looking, lank, lean, active, handsome, strong; (applied to a shirt-front), fine ; " Sad am I this day arising the breast of ..."

2. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1843)
"... of the evening the Baron's door opened, and the same elegant, slender-waisted female emerged into the street. But the same dark, close veil still ..."

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