svelte

adj., svelt·er, svelt·est.
Slender or graceful in figure or outline; slim.

[French, from Italian svelto, from past participle of svellere, to stretch out, from Vulgar Latin *exvellere, from Latin ēvellere : ē, ex-, ex- + vellere, to pull.]

sveltely svelte'ly adv.
svelteness svelte'ness n.

adj

Definition: thin and well-built
Antonyms: chubby, corpulent, fat, thick

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IN BRIEF: Slender or graceful in figure.

The dancer looked very svelte in her costume.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
  Synonyms: polished, refined, urbane

Meaning #2: gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease
  Synonyms: lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, sylphlike

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Svelte

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - smidig, slank

Nederlands (Dutch)
slank

Français (French)
adj. - svelte

Deutsch (German)
adj. - anmutig, grazil

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λυγερόκορμος

Italiano (Italian)
svelto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - elegante

Русский (Russian)
стройный, непринужденно светский, обходительный, гладкий, обтекаемый (о форме)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - delgado, esbelto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - slank, smärt, smidig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
身材细长的, 苗条的, 线条清晰的, 柔软的, 和蔼的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 身材細長的, 苗條的, 線條清晰的, 柔軟的, 和藹的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 날씬한, 미끈한, 출중한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - すんなりした, 都会風な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) رشيق , نحيل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דק/ת-גו, חינני/ת, גמיש/ה, חטוב/ה‬

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