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1. Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
   "his svelte manner"
   - polished, refined, urbane
    
2. Moving and bending with ease
   - lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, sylphlike
    
3. Being of delicate or thin build
   - slender, slight, slim

Derived forms: svelter, sveltest

See also: graceful, lean, sophisticated, thin

Encyclopedia: Svelte