What is the meaning of svelte?

Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience.
- usage: "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"
- synonyms: polished, refined, urbane
Moving and bending with ease.
- synonyms: lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, sylphlike
Being of delicate or slender build.
- usage: "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
- synonyms: slender, slight, slim

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