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SLIMNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slimness mean? 

SLIMNESS (noun)
  The noun SLIMNESS has 2 senses:

1. a small marginplay

2. the property of an attractively thin personplay

  Familiarity information: SLIMNESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLIMNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A small margin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

narrow margin; narrowness; slimness

Context example:

the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote

Hypernyms ("slimness" is a kind of...):

margin (an amount beyond the minimum necessary)

Derivation:

slim (small in quantity)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of an attractively thin person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

slenderness; slightness; slimness

Hypernyms ("slimness" is a kind of...):

leanness; spareness; thinness (the property of having little body fat)

Derivation:

slim (being of delicate or slender build)


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