Antonyms for slimness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : slim |
Phonetic Transcription : slɪm |
Definition of slimness
Origin :- 1650s, "thin, slight, slender," from Dutch slim "bad, sly, clever," from Middle Dutch slim "bad, crooked," from Proto-Germanic *slembaz "oblique, crooked" (cf. Middle High German slimp "slanting, awry," German schlimm "bad, cunning, unwell"). In English 17c. also sometimes with a sense "sly, cunning, crafty." Related: Slimly; slimness. With obsolete extended adjectival forms Slimsy "flimsy, unsubstantial" (1845); slimikin "small and slender" (1745). Slim Jim attested from 1887 in sense of "very thin person;" from 1902 as a type of slender cigar; from 1975 as a brand of meat snack.
- As in narrowness : noun a physical restriction
- As in thinness : noun slenderness
- But this slimness of figure is not inconsistent with muscular force.
- Extract from : « Minnie's Pet Horse » by Madeline Leslie
- That slimness was something that ran in Peter Mink's family.
- Extract from : « The Tale of Peter Mink » by Arthur Scott Bailey
- Perhaps that accounts for the slimness of the naval contingent now.
- Extract from : « Spanish Vistas » by George Parsons Lathrop
- Notwithstanding their slimness, the figures in the picture are somewhat crowded.
- Extract from : « The Story of Nuremberg » by Cecil Headlam
- Their “slimness” was carried on on every available opportunity.
- Extract from : « South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) » by Louis Creswicke
- "Especially, Emilie, with your standard of slimness," added the Lieutenant-General.
- Extract from : « The Ball at Sceaux » by Honore de Balzac
- He was as slim as a sapling, the slimness of muscle and health.
- Extract from : « Kenny » by Leona Dalrymple
- It was a delight merely to behold the young master in his slimness and elegance.
- Extract from : « Atlantis » by Gerhart Hauptmann
- The slimness of attenuation was merged in that of wiry strength and muscle.
- Extract from : « The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn » by Evelyn Everett-Green
- And still the slimness of the native contrived to dodge the wiles of civilisation.
- Extract from : « The Siege of Kimberley » by T. Phelan
Synonyms for slimness
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