daintily

[ deyn-ti-lee ]
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adverb
  1. in a way that shows fine or delicate manners or tastes: She'd been nibbling daintily on a sparerib; now she dabbed her lips with a napkin.

  2. with particular care to avoid soiling, spilling, damage, etc.; fastidiously: We piled our trash daintily atop overfilled garbage cans.

  1. delicately and beautifully, or with fine, exquisite detail: I was glad for the moment to be neither an ornithologist nor an entomologist, so that I might leave every one of these daintily colored sunbirds and butterflies to the enjoyment of its life.

Origin of daintily

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Other words from daintily

  • o·ver·dain·ti·ly, adverb
  • un·dain·ti·ly, adverb

Words Nearby daintily

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How to use daintily in a sentence

  • The table was set with Georgian silver and decorated daintily with flowers, while several of the women wore splendid jewels.

    The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le Queux
  • How daintily they sip it; how happy they seem; how that lucky rogue of an Irishman prattles away!

    Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace Thackeray
  • A moment later he refers daintily and accurately to the chapel of Saint Nicholas "riding on the bridge, slender and pretty."

    Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
  • She arose from the table and handed me a daintily scented missive addressed to Mrs. Shadd, and I faithfully executed her errand.

    Mrs. Raffles | John Kendrick Bangs