petite
adjective/pəˈtiːt/
Frequency rank: #8,325 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
attractively small and delicately built, especially of a woman.
Example sentence
She is quite petite and often shops in the children's section for clothes that fit well.
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