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Meaning of Slender | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

A simple country gentleman.

UK, obsolete, slang

Equivalents

العربية أهيف رشيق نحيف نحيل
Български строен тънък
Català esvelt
Čeština stihly útlý
Deutsch schlank
Esperanto svelta
Suomi Hoikka
Français mince svelte
Gàidhlig caol seang
हिन्दी तन्वी पतला
Magyar karcsú vékony
Italiano snello
한국어 날씬하다
Latina gracilis tenuis
Latviešu slaids
Македонски виток тенок
Nederlands slank
Português esbelto magro
Română subțire
Slovenčina tenký
Svenska slank
Українська стрункий тонкий
اردو پتلا
Tiếng Việt mảnh khảnh

Examples

“[…] the fantastic pilgrimages imposed on the "Cousin Slenders" of the world by their more facetious comrades […]”
“[…] here also, behind the pillars, dark villains like Varney, and assassins like Iago, watched the simple country Slenders and the besotted Master Mathews, themselves grimly observed by honest water-carriers like Ben Jonson's Cob and Shakespeare's Adam.”
“A walk through the pleasant little town of Cirencester upon a market day will show Slenders and Simples by the dozen.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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