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Definition of svelte adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

svelte

adjective

/svelt/,

/sfelt/

/svelt/,

/sfelt/

(approving)

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(of a person, especially a woman) thin and attractiveTopics Appearancec2
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Italian svelto.

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