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svelte

1 antonym for svelte — opposites grouped by meaning.

Adj — Pleasingly slim and graceful in shape.

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Borrowed from French svelte, which came from Italian svelto ("stretched out"), the past participle of svellere ("to pluck out, root out"). This in turn traces to Vulgar Latin *exvellere, made up of ex and vellere ("to pluck, stretch").

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