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Definition of Slimness
1. Noun. A small margin. "The landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote"
2. Noun. The property of an attractively thin person.
Generic synonyms: Leanness, Spareness, Thinness
Derivative terms: Slender, Slender, Slight, Slim
Definition of Slimness
1. n. The quality or state of being slim.
Definition of Slimness
1. Noun. The property of being slim. ¹
2. Noun. The result or product of being slim. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slimness
1. the state of being slim [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slimness
Literary usage of Slimness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Ride Through Asia Minor by Mary Esme Gwendoline Grogan Stevenson (1881)
"... Armenian home—slimness no beauty—Native wines— Mr. and Mrs. Farnsworth ; a
reminiscence of " Queechy "—The tomb of ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Henry Newbolt, Charles Hanbury-Williams (1901)
"hips, and a general slimness of the rest of the figure. It almost looks as if
these artists attempted to combine the heavier proportions in the canon of ..."
3. Lord Milner and South Africa by Ernest Bruce Iwan-Müller (1902)
"We all know what slimness does in commerce, robs and discourages the farmer who
... This disgusting slimness, not confined to people of one language, ..."
4. Lord Milner and South Africa by Ernest Bruce Iwan-Müller (1902)
"We all know what slimness does in commerce, robs and discourages the farmer who
... This disgusting slimness, not confined to people of one language, ..."
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