dainty
of delicate discrimination or taste; particular: a dainty eater.
overly particular; finicky; fastidious.
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
Origin of dainty
1synonym study For dainty
Other words for dainty
Other words from dainty
- dain·ti·ly, adverb
- dain·ti·ness, noun
- o·ver·dain·ti·ness, noun
- o·ver·dain·ty, adjective
- su·per·dain·ty, adjective
- un·dain·ti·ness, noun
- un·dain·ty, adjective
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How to use dainty in a sentence
All I can see of her face is the tip of her ear, daintier than the daintiest jewel, and the innocent curve of her cheek.
Marguerite | Anatole FranceIn spite of that lady's advanced age, these rooms had been newly fitted up in the daintiest, most coquettish style imaginable.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne SueBesides, he was very small, and of the daintiest proportions you can imagine in a donkey.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterWe hasten to get bits of kid and silk and flannel, and make her a new one with our daintiest stitches, and she is delighted.
Girls and Women | Harriet E. Paine (AKA E. Chester}Roberta was feeding him with the daintiest of food, the nectar of the gods to all of us, old and young, high and low.
That Old-Time Child, Roberta | Sophie Fox Sea
British Dictionary definitions for dainty
/ (ˈdeɪntɪ) /
delicate or elegant: a dainty teacup
pleasing to the taste; choice; delicious: a dainty morsel
refined, esp excessively genteel; fastidious
a choice piece of food, esp a small cake or sweet; delicacy
Origin of dainty
1Derived forms of dainty
- daintily, adverb
- daintiness, noun
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