svelteness

She was no dog, certainly, and in fact her high cheekbones and widely spaced greenish eyes and rather full lips and her svelteness and her prodigious heightshe was easily five-ten, almost as tall as Tristanqualified her as hot, a term that Tristan detested but also knew applied in this case, at least where other guys would be concerned.

Excerpt: The Dart League King by Keith Morris 2008

Prior to 1985, all light bolt-action hunting rifles began as heavy factory guns that were chopped, gouged, and hacked into svelteness.

The 50 Best Guns of All Time 2005

She's standing up and wearing a weird white jacket buttoned conspicuously at the waist as if to argue with those who said she'd been photoshopped into semi-svelteness.

Archive 2006-09-01 Ann Althouse 2006

I've been swimming -- the past three days out of four, and I'll go again tonight -- but unfortunately it has not resulted in immediate svelteness.

readersguide Diary Entry readersguide 2005

And despite herself, Alma, who was not without a young girl's feelings for nice detail, could thrill to this sartorial svelteness and to the patent-leather lay of his black hair which caught the light like a polished floor.

The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915

The machine weighs a ton and has all the svelteness of an anchor.

Low End Mac 2010

This svelteness is achieved via a mix of aluminum, lightweight steel and carbon fiber.

Autoblog Green Jonny Lieberman 2010

It falls somewhere between the svelteness of slices like those from the original Patsy's in Harlem on one hand and the far thicker (and far too thick in my view) of most all the other pizzerias named Ray's.

Serious Eats: New York 2010

But the programs promising "natural" svelteness go further.

What Would Phoebe Do 2009

The bodies are chambered to retain tonal characteristics provided by the select tonewood top without suffering as much collateral tonal loss from the svelteness of the body.

Gearwire - 2009