slenderish

Rather narrow in build

Somewhat slender; on the thin side without being notably so.

The suffix -ish softens the description, suggesting a figure that tends toward slenderness rather than fully achieving it: She was slenderish, with narrow shoulders and long fingers.

physique

slim

Thin or meager

lithe · petite · lanky · wiry · narrow · skinny · slight · gangly · rangy · spindly

graceful

elegant

Gracefully refined, tasteful

svelte · nimble · sylphlike · sinuous · fluid · swanlike · feline · balletic · lissome · statuesque

insubstantial

wispy

Thin and insubstantial

meager · scant · marginal · negligible · modest · minimal · borderline · bare · sparse · thin

delicate

fragile

Easily broken or damaged

  • daintyDelicately small and pretty
  • fineAcceptable in quality
  • gossamerFilmy, delicate material

wispy · feathery · airy · filament · threadlike · papery · spindly · brittle · tender · gauzy

Opposites
body build/physical girth

slenderishstocky

Short and solidly built

heavyset · thickset · chunky · plump · portly

Family

slenderize, slenderized, slenderizing

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