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adj. very narrow; "a thin line across the page"

adj. 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"

lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike

adj. moving and bending with ease

slender, slim

adj. small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"

tenuous

adj. very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"

slender, slight, slim, svelte

adj. 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"

skinny

adj. of or relating to or resembling skin

thin, lean

adj. lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

slender, slim

adj. small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"

tenuous

adj. very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"

slender, thin

adj. very narrow; "a thin line across the page"

light

adj. very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "light summer dresses"

thin

adj. of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"

gracile, willowy

adj. slender and graceful

inconsiderable

adj. too small or unimportant to merit attention; "passed his life in an inconsiderable village"; "their duties were inconsiderable"; "had no inconsiderable influence"

limber, supple

adj. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"

stretchable, stretchy

adj. capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape

limber, supple

adj. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely

bendable, pliable, pliant, waxy

adj. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"

agile, nimble, quick, spry

adj. moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"

energetic

adj. possessing or exerting or displaying energy; "an energetic fund raiser for the college"; "an energetic group of hikers"; "it caused an energetic chemical reaction"

vibrant

adj. of colors that are bright and striking

vigorous

adj. characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity; "a vigorous hiker"; "gave her skirt a vigorous shake"; "a vigorous campaign"; "a vigorous foreign policy"; "vigorous opposition to the war"

full of life, lively, vital

adj. full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"

agile, nimble

adj. mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits"

narrowed

adj. made narrow; limited in breadth; "narrowed arteries impair blood circulation"; "a narrowed view of the world"

constricting, constrictive, narrowing

adj. (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom

strait

adj. narrow; "strait is the gate"

tapered, tapering, narrowing

adj. becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs"

anorexic, anorectic

adj. suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin

bladed

adj. composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade; "bladed arsenopyrite"

bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted

adj. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

compressed, flat

adj. flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

deep-eyed, hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed

adj. characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver

gangling, gangly, lanky

adj. tall and thin

lank, spindly

adj. long and lean

rawboned

adj. having a lean and bony physique; "a rawboned cow hand"

twiggy, twiglike

adj. thin as a twig

scarecrowish

adj. resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged; "a forlorn scarecrowish figure"

skinny

adj. of or relating to or resembling skin

shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken

adj. reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"

slender-waisted, slim-waisted, wasp-waisted

adj. having a small waist

spare, trim

adj. thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"

spindle-legged, spindle-shanked

adj. having long slender legs

wiry

adj. of hair that resembles wire in stiffness; "wiry red hair"

wisplike, wispy

adj. thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson

shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened

adj. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"

deft

adj. skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind"

elegant

adj. displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution; "an elegant dancer"; "an elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise"

fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth

adj. smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"

fluent

adj. smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"

gainly

adj. graceful and pleasing; "gainly conduct"; "a gainly youth with dark hair and eyes"

gracile, willowy

adj. slender and graceful

fat

adj. having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"

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