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The word is actually spelled 'svelte' and is documented in (non-urban) dictionaries.

It means: Slender or graceful in figure or outline; slim.
"Check out Julie, she's looking svelte today"

"Look at Sarah in that purple dress, she looks like a svelte Grimace" (as in the McDonalds character, not the facial expression)
svelt by Milorad July 21, 2008
Related Words
svelte • svelt • Svele • Svelting • svel • svela • svelbie • Svelcomve • Svelegrepet • svelgen
Slim and trim, like the young Prince of Town.
"What's all the comotion about?" said the svelt young Prince of Town.
svelt by SMD May 30, 2004
adj. When one appears more physically attractive that usual and thinner in figure or outline.

Can be used to describe both males and females.
Wow! You look really svelte with that dress on.

With that tux? Man, you're svelte!
svelte by Gilbert March 31, 2004

Svelting 

Any process by which one achieves a svelte person. This can be working out, dieting, or other (though not plastic surgery), but it is not simply 'weight loss' or 'getting in shape'. It is shaping your physique in a highly conscious way with a beauty ideal that is more interested in balance and harmony than the extremes of crossfit or bodybuilding.
After a few weeks of road work and yoga, he felt his physique was svelting gamely.
Svelting by jcjnyc September 5, 2015

Svellsongur 

The sexiest flute, currently held by Nunu himself. It was passed on to him by Yossi Gur and forged by the almighty Idan Gurishvily.
Person: "Nunu that flute seems familiar, where'd you get that from?"
Nunu: "It's called 'Svellsongur', it was passed on to me by sensei Yossigur@pelephone.com and crafted by the almighty IDAN GUR"
Person: "I am envious, and I wish you were dead so I could have it"
Svellsongur by Yossi Gur September 22, 2021
Since everyone we’ve ever talked to hates the word MOIST, we’re giving it a new name.
When I went to my Uncle’s 80th birthday party, the cake my Mom made him was super SVELO.
SVELO by Jackson Nickson May 17, 2019
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