svelte

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The Word of the Day for June 16 is:

svelte   \SVELT\   adjective
     1 *a : slender, lithe  b : having even and smooth lines : sleek
     2 : urbane, suave

Example sentence:
     "The bulky, boxy television sets we grew up with are on the way out and 
svelte, flat-panel displays are turning up in their place." (_Oregon Business_, 
December 1, 2004)

Did you know?
     "Svelte" came to us, by way of French, from Italian "svelto," which itself 
comes from the Italian verb "svellere," meaning "to pluck out" or "to pull or 
stretch out." In English "svelte" has been used since the early 19th century to 
describe a slender or smooth appearance; or, as one might say, an appearance 
plucked of all that is rough or extraneous and smoothed out. By the 20th 
century, people had stretched its meaning to suggest an urbane or suave nature 
-- as poet Ezra Pound did to describe "svelte Verona," a city he visited in 
north Italy. 

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.