Slender
Crossword Clue & Answers

29 November 2021
Last seen in: Irish Independent - Simple

We found 21 answers for the crossword clue 'Slender', the most recent of which was seen in the Irish Independent - Simple.

We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.

We have given Slender a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Slender as an answer itself some 112 times.

Slender is a single word clue made up of 7 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Irish Independent - Simple' on Wednesday, 24 November 2021 with the answer being NARROW, but the most popular answer for this clue is SLIM.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Irish Independent - Simple - 24 Nov 2021
• The Sun Cryptic - 19 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 12 Oct 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 8 Sep 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 5 Aug 2021
• The Mirror Classic - 18 Jun 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 10 Jun 2021
• USA Today - 28 May 2021
• The New York Times Crossword - 10 Mar 2021
• The Mirror Classic - 19 Feb 2021

Definitions and usage

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• Being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
• Moving and bending with ease
• Having little width in proportion to the length or height; "a slender pole"
• Small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"
• Very narrow; "a thin line across the page"

Crossword Answers

4 Letters

LANK
Long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair"

LEAN
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"

SLIM
Take off weight

THIN
Take off weight

TRIM
Cutting down to the desired size or shape

5 Letters

LITHE
Moving and bending with ease

REEDY
Having a tone of a reed instrument

6 Letters

LINEAR
Of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension; "a linear measurement"

LISSOM
Moving and bending with ease

NARROW
A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

SKINNY
Being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"

SLIGHT
A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

SUPPLE
Moving and bending with ease

SVELTE
Being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

7 Letters

LISSOME
Moving and bending with ease

TENUOUS
Lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"

WILLOWY
Slender and graceful

8 Letters

REEDLIKE
Resembling a reed in being upright and slender

9 Letters

LITHESOME
Moving and bending with ease

SYLPHLIKE
Moving and bending with ease

10 Letters

NEGLIGIBLE
So small as to be meaningless; insignificant; "the effect was negligible"