svelte

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svelte  /s ˈvɛlt/ ? Meaning of "svelte"

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Definition(s):

  1. (adj) showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
  2. (adj) moving and bending with ease
  3. (adj) being of delicate or slender build

Synonym(s)

slight, slim, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome

Usage(s):

  1. It simply arrives one day in the mail, presented in a svelte box complete with padding and a nice, velvety scent.
  2. Several restaurant chains are now aiming at the wanna-be-svelte set by offering more nutritional information and leaner cuisines.
  3. The Forum started promptly at 9 on a Friday morning, when a svelte, spiky-haired woman named Beth Handel walked in and introduced herself as the Forum leader.

Quotes

  1. "I have always thought of myself as a svelte size six and I have been working to get back to that size since the birth of my second child," says Francis. "In my industry, there has always been tremendous pressure on me to stay the same size I...
    on May 31, 2007 By: Genie Francis Source: Earthtimes.org

  2. According to US gossip columnist Janet Charlton, a source at Armani said: "Tom packed on around twenty pounds in the past few months before the big event. He says he's a 'nervous eater'. Tom wanted to look svelte so he didn't protest when Giorgio...
    on Dec 1, 2006 By: Giorgio Armani Source: Stuff.co.nz

  3. "If ever there was a sign of the moral bankruptcy of Silvio Berlusconi's government," writes the Guardian's Matthew Fort, "it is the sight of a McDonald's apron wrapped around the svelte frame of the Minister of Agriculture, Luca Zaia as he...
    on Feb 1, 2010 By: Matthew Fort Source: The Big Money (blog)

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