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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

すらりとした

Native Script:日本語

Pronunciation / Transliteration: surari to shita

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Svelte/sfɛlt/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼女はすらりとした体型をしている。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Slender, especially gracefully thin in figure or outline.

    "She moved across the ballroom in a svelte evening gown."
  2. 2

    Neatly and stylishly slender; elegant and smooth.

    "The new smartphone boasts a svelte design that fits effortlessly in your hand."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Borrowed into English in the early 19th century from French svelte, which ultimately derives from the Italian svelto, past participle of svellere meaning 'to pluck out' or 'to draw out'. Historically evolving from Latin exvellere, the semantic shift moved from 'pulled out or elongated' to describe a gracefully slender, lithe, and flexible human physique.

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