svelte

svelte

S0928200 (svĕlt)adj. svelt·er, svelt·est Slender or graceful in figure or outline; slim.

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[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.]

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svelte′ly adv.svelte′ness n.

svelte

(svɛlt; sfɛlt) adj1. attractively or gracefully slim; slender2. urbane or sophisticated[C19: from French, from Italian svelto, from svellere to pull out, from Latin ēvellere, from ex-¹ + vellere to pull]

svelte

(svɛlt, sfɛlt)

adj. svelt•er, svelt•est. 1. slender, esp. gracefully slender in figure; lithe. 2. suave; urbane. [1810–20; < French < Italian svelto < Vulgar Latin *exvellitus, for Latin ēvulsus, past participle of ēvellere to pluck out =e- e- + vellere to pull, pluck] svelte′ly, adv. svelte′ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	svelte - showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"urbane, polished, refinedsophisticated - having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book"
	2.	svelte - moving and bending with easelissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, supple, sylphlike, slendergraceful - characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution
	3.	svelte - being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"slender, slim, slightlean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

svelte

adjective slender, lithe, willowy, graceful, slinky, lissom(e), sylphlike She's svelte and smart.

Translations

svelteстройный