Slimness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a small margin

the property of an attractively thin person

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/slˈɪmnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/slˈɪmnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/slˈɪmnəs/

2 syllables Say it as /slˈɪmnəs/.

Examples

the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory
the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

narrowness slightness narrow margin slenderness

Parts of Speech

noun	a small margin “the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory”
noun	the property of an attractively thin person

Word Forms

narrow	adjective	very limited in degree
slim	adjective	small in quantity
slender	adjective	being of delicate or slender build; - Frank Norris
slight	adjective	being of delicate or slender build; - Frank Norris

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schlankheit

ein kleiner Spielraum

🇫🇷French

minceur

une petite marge

🇪🇸Spanish

delgadez

un pequeño margen

🇮🇹Italian

magrezza

un piccolo margine

🇳🇱Dutch

slankheid

een kleine marge

🇵🇹Portuguese

magreza

uma pequena margem

🇷🇺Russian

стройность

небольшая маржа

India

🇮🇳Hindi

धूर्तता

एक छोटा सा मार्जिन

🇧🇩Bengali

পাতলাতা

একটি ছোট মার্জিন

🇮🇳Tamil

மெலிந்த தன்மை

ஒரு சிறிய விளிம்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

స్లిమ్నెస్

ఒక చిన్న మార్జిన్

🇮🇳Marathi

बारीकपणा

एक लहान फरक

🇮🇳Gujarati

પાતળાપણું

એક નાનો ગાળો

🇮🇳Kannada

ತೆಳ್ಳಗೆ

ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಅಂಚು

🇮🇳Malayalam

മെലിഞ്ഞത

ഒരു ചെറിയ മാർജിൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਤਲਾਪਨ

ਇੱਕ ਛੋਟਾ ਹਾਸ਼ੀਏ

🇵🇰Urdu

پتلا پن

ایک چھوٹا مارجن

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

苗条

少量余量

🇯🇵Japanese

細さ

わずかなマージン

🇰🇷Korean

날씬함

작은 마진

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự mảnh khảnh

một biên độ nhỏ

🇹🇭Thai

ความเพรียวบาง

ขอบเล็กน้อย

🇮🇩Indonesian

kelangsingan

margin kecil

🇵🇭Filipino

pagiging slim

isang maliit na margin

🇲🇾Malay

kelangsingan

margin kecil

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

النحافة

هامش صغير

🇮🇷Persian

لاغری

یک حاشیه کوچک

🇹🇷Turkish

zayıflık

küçük bir marj

🇮🇱Hebrew

רָזוֹן

שוליים קטנים

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The primary meaning of 'slimness' is 'a small margin'.

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In which domain is the word 'slimness' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'slimness' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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