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[ US /ˈsvɛɫt/ ]
[ UK /svˈɛlt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. being of delicate or slender build
    a slim girl with straight blonde hair
    she was slender as a willow shoot is slender
    watched her slight figure cross the street

How To Use svelte In A Sentence

  • With no money and hand-me-down charity, they still manage to look 100 times more chic and svelte than the rest of us.
  • Shed never been what you might call svelte, but then she had left town and gone to live in Baltimore, and by the time she came back shed piled on the pounds. The Lovers
  • You might call her "gangling" -- stretched out, a bit taller and svelter and better muscled than you would think, especially in the crucial upper-arm area. Gwyneth Paltrow In 'Vogue': Owns 2 Outdoor Pizza Ovens, Deep-Fat Fryer (PHOTOS)
  • There is no doubt in my mind that the word burly isn't interchangeable with the terms cut or svelte. Tom Gerdy: All the Mr. Potters Getting You Down? Focus on the George Baileys Around You
  • But the picture turned her life around and she slimmed to 11st and a svelte size ten. The Sun
  • So while low-carb beers are helping to shape the svelte images of protein-munching youth, there is another type of beer that is appealing to a Millennial subset, especially in the hip bars of urban city centers.
  • The obsession with svelte figures flies in the face of past beliefs that regarded those who were thin as being unhealthy and malnourished.
  • He's really impressed and has been massively complimentary about my new-found svelte figure. The Sun
  • Born in Hyderabad and brought up in Chicago, this svelte lady is all set to explode on the silver screen.
  • Louis, as you can see, is a gorgeous, svelte figure of a man himself.
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