svelte.

Slender, trim, and graceful in appearance or form.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• a svelte silhouette
• a svelte design

On the page

The new casing gave the instrument a svelte silhouette without reducing its capacity.

Her svelte outline appeared briefly against the backlit doorway.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more svelte; superlative most svelte where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.