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Definition of Slenderer
1. slender [adj] - See also: slender
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slenderer
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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