daintiness
- a word derived from dainty.
Example Sentences
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Spellling — real name: Chrystia “Tia” Cabral — knows how to sing in delicate whispers, but her elocution can contradict that daintiness.
From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022
After her debut, a Time magazine critic described her work as having “the daintiness of miniatures, the vivid reds and yellows of Mexican tradition and the playfully bloody fancy of an unsentimental child.”
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2018
The other cars’ designs revel too much in their own daintiness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2016
Participants were not asked about their expectations about the violence or daintiness of storms.
From Slate • Jun. 17, 2014
The two dollars she hated to release turned out to be well spent, for Teapot did have a fracture, although the doctor said poor diet had contributed substantially to the daintiness of his bones.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
