Svelte Definition

svĕlt
sveltest, svelter
adjective
sveltest, svelter
Slender and graceful; lithe.
Webster's New World
Suave, polished, sophisticated, etc.
His svelte singing style.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Svelte

Adjective

Base Form:
svelte
Comparative:
svelter
Superlative:
sveltest

Origin of Svelte

  • 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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French svelte, from Italian svelto (“stretched out"), from Vulgar Latin exvellere: ex + vellere (“to pluck, stretch").

    From Wiktionary

Svelte Sentence Examples

  • The idea that "celebrities are just normal people" doesn't seem to hold up in view of the svelte figures that appear on the red carpet.

  • The more leg you show, the more svelte you'll appear.

  • Allow them to turn svelte like moved paradise into.

  • Svelte, charismatic and cool, Wynn was the opposite of Rhyn in every way except for looks.

  • By comparison with the current elite, Deller still looks svelte.

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Words Starting With

SSVSVE

Words Ending With

ETELTE

Unscrambles

svelte

Words Starting With S and Ending With E

Starts With S & Ends With EStarts With SV & Ends With EStarts With S & Ends With TE

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With E