slender, slight, slim, svelte
(adjective) being of delicate or slender build; “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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
svelte (comparative svelter, superlative sveltest)
Attractively thin; gracefully slender. [from 1810s]
Refined, delicate.
Used mainly as a compliment, whereas words like thin, scrawny and skinny could be used in negative connotations.
• (attractively thin): lithe, slim, willowy; see also slender
• (refined): elegant, gentle
• levets
Source: Wiktionary
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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