svelte

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I was present in court, and I must admit she was svelte -- decidedly svelte.

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  1. adjective Slender or graceful in figure or outline; slim.

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  • Stephanie reluctantly indulged her but the expedition to stores that specialized in svelte was a failure. —  Manhattan Is My Beat
  • Despite being rather svelte, asking for a rare burger is really rare here, and not at the expense of a crunchy crust. —  Serious Eats: New York
  • It looks nothing like the kind of svelte, compact instrument that - perhaps on a mission planned for launch in 2018 - could travel the millions of kilometres from Earth to Mars and operate without a hitch on the planet's harsh surface. —  New Scientist - Space
  • And his svelte, honed frame remains an unarguable political asset. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Don't get me wrong; the reasonably svelte, highly polished black bezel, offset by a silver strip in the bottom edge and bold (deactivatable!) illuminated Toshiba logo certainly isn't unattractive. —  TrustedReviews Site-wide Feed
 

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  1. 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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