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- Dictionarysvelte/svelt/
adjective
- 1. (of a person) slender and elegant: "she was svelte and sophisticated"
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The meaning of SVELTE is slender, lithe. How to use svelte in a sentence. Did you know?
attractively thin, graceful, and stylish. Synonyms. lissome literary. lithe. slim (THIN) approving. sylphlike usually humorous. Opposite. fat (BIG) Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. having less flesh on the body than average. thin She's on a diet but I think she's already too thin. skinny You should eat more. You're much too skinny.
Svelte means slender. It's used to describe people, not things, and it implies a certain elegance. You might say that a middle-aged woman who had kept a svelte figure could still pass for a sixteen-year-old girl.
Svelte definition: slender, especially gracefully slender in figure; lithe.. See examples of SVELTE used in a sentence.
attractively thin, graceful, and stylish. Synonyms. lissome literary. lithe. slim (THIN) approving. sylphlike usually humorous. Opposite. fat (BIG) Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. having less flesh on the body than average. thin She's on a diet but I think she's already too thin. skinny You should eat more. You're much too skinny.
Synonyms for SVELTE: skinny, slender, thin, lean, bony, slim, angular, gaunt; Antonyms of SVELTE: plump, chubby, fat, rotund, corpulent, obese, overweight, portly.
adj. 1. attractively or gracefully slim; slender. 2. urbane or sophisticated. [C19: from French, from Italian svelto, from svellere to pull out, from Latin ēvellere, from ex- 1 + vellere to pull]
2 meanings: 1. attractively or gracefully slim; slender 2. urbane or sophisticated.... Click for more definitions.
'Svelte' is used to describe individuals who have a slim, graceful, and elegantly slender physique, often suggesting a sense of physical fitness and style. This term conveys an impression of both slimness and attractiveness, highlighting the idea of a well-proportioned and agile body.
thin in an attractive way. (Definition of svelte from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of svelte. in Chinese (Traditional) 苗條的，修長的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 苗条的，修长的… See more. in more languages. in Polish. in Turkish. in Russian. smukły… See more. çekici ve zarif, ince ve çekici… See more.
