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SLIMNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of an attractively thin person
Synonyms:
slenderness; slightness; slimness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("slimness" is a kind of...):
leanness; spareness; thinness (the property of having little body fat)
Derivation:
slim (being of delicate or slender build)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A small margin
Example:
the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote
Synonyms:
narrow margin; narrowness; slimness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("slimness" is a kind of...):
margin (an amount beyond the minimum necessary)
Derivation:
slim (small in quantity)
