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svelte

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈsvɛlt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eelstvStarts with SEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. being of delicate or slender build

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • My first priority was to help Trumps lose her pudgy look and gain a healthier, svelter size.
  • If her dream of being naked in front of Simon were to come true – and she knew, somehow, that it would – she needed to be the sveltest version of herself that had ever existed. Fries wouldn't help peel away those pounds.
  • At 61, Bryant looks good – smart and svelte in an electric blue suit, youthful, a full head of hair except for a white scar at the back that looks like a side door into his brain.

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