slender

adj 1: being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a

willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl

with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure

cross the street" [syn: {slight}, {slim}]

2: very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn: {thin}]

3: having little width in proportion to the length or height;

"a slender pole"

4: small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of

winning"; "a small surplus" [syn: {slim}]

5: gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease [syn: {lissome},

{lissom}, {lithe}, {lithesome}, {supple}, {svelte}, {sylphlike}]

ascender

A lowercase letter that extends above the "x-height"

(the height of the letter "x"), such as "d", "t", or "h".

Also used to denote the part of the letter extending above the

x-height.

Compare {descender}.

(1998-03-27)