slenderly
adverb
slenderly is an adverb meaning “Thinly, slightly, delicately” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-L-E-N-D-E-R-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 79 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does slenderly mean?
adverb
- 1
Thinly, slightly, delicately.
The columns slenderly rose to support a heavy platform and statue.
- 2
meagrely; deficiently
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of slenderly
- more slenderly comparative
- most slenderly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is slenderly?
Slenderly appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does slenderly come from?
From slender + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).