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svelte.

Attractively thin; gracefully slender.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈsvɛlt//ˈsfɛlt/
  1. Attractively thin; gracefully slender.

  2. Refined, delicate.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French svelte, from Italian svelto (“stretched out”), past participle of svellere (“to pluck out, root out”), from Vulgar Latin *exvellere, from ex + vellere (“to pluck, stretch”).

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