English
slenderly
From slender + -ly.
Formed from slender + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- ‘to slip’
Proto-Germanic *slindraz ‘sliding, slippery’
Middle Dutch slinder ‘thin, lank’
Old French esclendre ‘thin, slender’
Middle English slendre
English slender
Today it means
adv Thinly, slightly, delicately.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / slenderly