Definition

1. Noun:
   • The quality or state of being attractively thin: The property of having a slender, graceful, or thin physical build.
   • A small margin or degree: The quality of being narrow, slight, or limited in amount, extent, or difference.

Usage and Examples

• Referring to physical appearance:
  • Her slimness was accentuated by the elegant dress.
  • The dancer's slimness contributed to her graceful movements.
• Referring to a small margin or degree:
  • The slimness of the profit margin worried the investors.
  • He won the election, but the slimness of his victory was surprising.

Advanced Usage

• "The slimness of the chance": Used to emphasize that a possibility is very slight or unlikely.
  • Given the slimness of the chance, we were amazed when our application was accepted.
• "Slimness of evidence": Refers to a very small amount or unconvincing quantity of proof.
  • The case was dismissed due to the slimness of the evidence presented.

Variants and Related Words

• Slim (adjective): Gracefully thin; slender. Also used to mean small in amount or likelihood (e.g., a slim chance).
• Slenderness (noun): The quality of being thin in an attractive way; can also refer to smallness in width or extent. Often used interchangeably with "slimness" for physical appearance.
• Narrowness (noun): The condition of being of small width; limited extent. This is a closer synonym for the "small margin" sense of .

Synonyms

• For physical appearance: Slenderness, leanness, thinness.
• For a small margin: Narrowness, slightness, tightness, smallness.

Antonyms

• For physical appearance: Plumpness, stoutness, heaviness.
• For a small margin: Wideness, largeness, substantiality.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "A slim chance": A very slight possibility.
  • There's only a slim chance of rain tomorrow.
• "By a slim margin": By a very small amount or difference.
  • The bill passed by a slim margin of just five votes.

Noun

1. the property of an attractively thin person
2. a small margin
   • 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