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dainty::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | exquisite |
| Derivation | daintiness |
a dainty teacup.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat |
| Type of | nutriment, alimentation, nourishment, aliment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals |
| Has types | titbit, ambrosia, choice morsel, savory, savoury, bone marrow, sweet, tidbit, confection, gelatin, jelly, marrow, nectar |
dainty::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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a dainty dish to set before a kind.
Examples of dainty
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The dainty blooms are followed by red, cherrylike fruit, a favorite among birds.
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Peeking through the vignette oval was a girl's shoe and dainty white ankle sock.
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Smith is most often asked what it's like to ride Zenyatta, who is no dainty gal.
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Those dainty cauliflower florets appear in my fritte of calamari and seppie too.
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A fascinator, or small dainty hat, will look best with floaty skirts and dresses.
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To celebrate National Baking Week, Diary's stuffing itself with dainty fancies.
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One dainty entrepreneur spotted a costume ring in a Cambridge jeweler's window.
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Dainty, gold-colored Delicate Raymond necklaces hang in a row on top of the case.
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We step around dainty clumps of mountain avens and pink mounds of moss campion.
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- Affectedly dainty or refined
- Something considered choice to eat
- Delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"
- Especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind";
- Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"
- (daintily) in a refined manner; "she nibbled daintily at her cake"
- 9758 Dainty (1991 GZ9) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 13, 1991 by Steel, D. I. at Siding Spring.
- A delicacy; Fancy cookies, pastries, or squares served at a social event (usually plural); Delicately small and pretty; Fastidious and fussy when eating
- Pleasant, good-humoured, agreeable, rare.
