Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SLEN'DER-NESS, n.

1. Thinness; smallness of diameter in proportion to the length; as, the slenderness of a hair. Newton.
2. Want of bulk or strength; as, the slenderness of a cord or chain.
3. Weakness; slightness; as, the slenderness of a reason. – Whitgifte.
4. Weakness; feebleness; as, the slenderness of a constitution.
5. Want of plenty; as, the slenderness of a supply.
6. Spareness; as, slenderness of diet.