daintily

[US]/'deintili/
[UK]/ˈdent l..ɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. gracefully, delicately, with great care; in a picky or hard-to-please manner.

Phrases & Collocations

moving daintily

eating daintily

dressed daintily

walking daintily

Example Sentences

a daintily dressed little girl

She nibbled daintily at her cake.

Of the furniture, chair is the king cause of the biggest quantity.It is made of daintily somatology and intensive handcraft.Yatai Metal Furniture start second forerunner: the legend of metal chair.

She walked daintily in her high heels.

The ballerina danced daintily across the stage.

She sipped her tea daintily, pinky finger raised.

The delicate china teacup was held daintily in her hands.

The cat walked daintily along the edge of the sofa.

She daintily picked up the tiny seashell from the sand.

The princess ate her meal daintily with small bites.

He daintily arranged the flowers in the vase.

The bride held her bouquet daintily as she walked down the aisle.

The fairy fluttered daintily through the garden.

Real-world Examples

Diana poured herself out a tumblerful, looked at its bright-red hue admiringly, and then sipped it daintily.

Source: Anne of Green Gables (Original Version)

She kissed the tips of her fingers to him daintily; and the brother withdrew by the boudoir and the back stair.

Source: New Arabian Nights (Volume 1)

But after all, as Conseil noted, we enjoyed complete freedom, we were daintily and abundantly fed. Our host had kept to the terms of his agreement.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

She worked the little packet open while Agnes sat daintily on the chaise longue, her long pale legs stretched demurely out to the side.

Source: Still Me (Me Before You #3)

Her white hands were moving daintily among the cups, and her full red lips were smiling at something that Dorian had whispered to her.

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Meg sat upon her cushion, sewing daintily with her white hands, and looking as fresh and sweet as a rose in her pink dress among the green.

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

It came to pass that the master one day said to her: 'Gretel, there is a guest coming this evening; prepare me two fowls very daintily'.

Source: Grimm's Fairy Tales (Volume 1)

The okra is lifted by the stem end as one lifts unhulled strawberries, dipped in the Hollandaise and eaten much more daintily than is possible with asparagus.

Source: Cross Creek (Part 2)

Four skirts billowed modestly, eight small feet were daintily placed on low hassocks. The quiet breathing of Wade, Ella and Beau came through the open door of the nursery.

Source: Gone with the Wind

She dropped her eyes to her plate and nibbled daintily on a beaten biscuit with an elegance and an utter lack of appetite that would have won Mammy's approval.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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