Daintily
['deintili]
Definition
(adv.) in a refined manner; 'she nibbled daintily at her cake'.
(adv.) in a delicate manner; 'the invitation cards were written up daintily in white and gold'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily.
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Examples
- It was furnished partly as a sitting and partly as a bedroom, with flowers arranged daintily in every nook and corner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He dresses better than any of us, I think, and is daintily polite. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- How daintily he held a glass to one of his optics! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- 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. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He would much rather have had it, and seen her daintily served. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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