thinness

thinness
n
1. leanness, spareness, attenuation, skinniness; narrowness, slenderness, slimness, gracili-ty, gracileness, slightness; gauntness, lankness, lankiness, boniness; scrawniness, scragginess, scrubbiness, puniness, runtiness, smallness.
2. sparseness, sparcity, scantness, scareness, scarcity, infrequency, infrequence; scantiness, paucity, insufficiency, inadequacy, inadequateness.
3. flimsiness, insubstantiality, unsubstantiality, weakness, feebleness, frailty, frailness, fragility, fra-gileness; diaphaneity, diaphanousness, airiness, sheerness, lightness; delicateness, delicacy, fineness, silkiness, gauziness, filminess; translucence, translucency, transparency, transparence, transparentness.

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  • thinness — index immateriality, paucity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • thinness — meaning ‘the quality of being thin’, has two ns …   Modern English usage

  • thinness — noun 1. relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width (Freq. 1) the tenuity of a hair the thinness of a rope • Syn: ↑tenuity, ↑slenderness • Ant: ↑thickness …   Useful english dictionary

  • thinness — thin ► ADJECTIVE (thinner, thinnest) 1) having opposite surfaces or sides close together. 2) (of a garment or fabric) made of light material. 3) having little flesh or fat on the body. 4) having few parts or members relative to the area covered… …   English terms dictionary

  • thinness — noun see thin I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • thinness — See thinly. * * * …   Universalium

  • thinness — noun The state of being thin …   Wiktionary

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  • thinness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. slenderness, slimness, shallowness; see lightness 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • thinness —  , thinnest …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

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