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- Dictionarysvelte/svɛlt/
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?
adjective. uk / svelt / us / svelt / Add to word list. 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.
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.
adjective. us / svelt / uk / svelt / Add to word list. 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.
Svelte definition: slender, especially gracefully slender in figure; lithe.. See examples of SVELTE used in a sentence.
2 meanings: 1. attractively or gracefully slim; slender 2. urbane or sophisticated.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of svelte adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
