svelte
/'svelt/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Slender and graceful in build or figure: Describes a person, typically a woman, who is attractively thin and elegant.
- Polished and sophisticated: Describes a manner, style, or appearance that is sleek, refined, and effortlessly elegant.
Usage Examples
- Describing physical build:
- The model had a svelte figure that suited the haute couture dresses perfectly.
- After months of training, he achieved a more svelte physique.
- Describing style or manner:
- She moved through the crowded room with svelte grace.
- The car's svelte design made it look both fast and luxurious.
Advanced Usage
- Comparative and Superlative Forms: "svelter," "sveltest."
- Of all the dancers, she was the sveltest.
- Used figuratively to describe objects:
- The company unveiled its new, svelte smartphone, which was remarkably thin and light.
- The software update promises a svelter, more efficient user interface.
Variants and Related Words
- Sveltely (adverb): In a slender or gracefully refined manner.
- She sveltely navigated the obstacle course.
- Svelteness (noun): The quality of being svelte.
- The svelteness of the architecture was striking.
Synonyms
- Slender: Thin in an attractive way.
- Slim: Gracefully thin.
- Lithe: Thin, supple, and graceful.
- Urbane: Showing refined elegance, especially in manner (for the non-physical sense).
- Polished: Elegant and sophisticated.
Antonyms
- Stocky: Broad and sturdily built.
- Portly: Rather fat.
- Uncouth: Lacking good manners, refinement, or grace (for the non-physical sense).
- Clumsy: Awkward in movement or shape.
Related Idioms and Phrases
(Note: "Svelte" itself is not commonly used in fixed idioms. Its meaning is typically expressed directly.) - To have a svelte silhouette: To have a thin, well-defined outline or shape. - The dress was designed to give the wearer a svelte silhouette.
Adjective
- 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
- moving and bending with ease
- 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