slimness
(ˈslɪmnɪs)
[f. slim a. + -ness.]
1. Slenderness; (graceful) thinness.
| 1727 in Bailey (vol. II). 1776 Pennant Brit. Zool. I. 334 The slimness of their bodies, and great length of tail. 1816 Keats Ep. to C. Cowden Clarke 87 To see..morning shadows streaking into slimness Across the lawny fields. 1859 Geo. Eliot A. Bede i. ii, An effect which was due to the slimness of her figure. 1893 F. F. Moore I Forbid Banns xi, Young ladies, who, with all the insolence of slimness, called her stout. |
2. Artfulness, wiliness, cunning.
| 1899 Westm. Gaz. 27 Dec. 1/2 Courage is no good unless it is backed up by what the Boers themselves call ‘slimness’. 1900 Daily Telegr. 2 Oct. 6/1 A double dose of original slimness. |