slenderer
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Slender \Slen"der\, a. [Compar. Slenderer; superl. Slenderest.] [OE. slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin, slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen, slidderen, to creep; perh. akin to E. slide.]
1.Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant. "A slender, choleric man." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
2.Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution. [1913 Webster]
Mighty hearts are held in slender chains.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
They have inferred much from slender premises.— J. H. Newman.[1913 Webster]
The slender utterance of the consonants.— J. Byrne.[1913 Webster]
3.Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence. [1913 Webster]
A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]
4.Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance. [1913 Webster]
Frequent begging makes slender alms.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]
5.Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet. [1913 Webster]
The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender table with his presence.— Philips.[1913 Webster]
6.(Phon.) Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. [1913 Webster] -- Slen"der*ly, adv. -- Slen"der*ness, n. [1913 Webster]