daintily

[ deyn-ti-lee ]

/ ˈdeɪn tɪ li /

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adverb

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.

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

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.

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Origin of daintily

dainty + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM daintily

o·ver·dain·ti·ly, adverbun·dain·ti·ly, adverb

Words nearby daintily

Daimler, Daimoku, daimon, daimyo, daimyo bond, daintily, dainty, daiquiri, Dairen, dairy, dairy breed

How to use daintily in a sentence

In the age of social distancing, no celebrity profile can begin with the subject wolfishly striding into a hotel bar or daintily picking at a breakfast.
The astonishing ubiquity of Debbie Allen|Ashley Fetters|May 14, 2021|Washington Post
I like how the cardigan itself is almost dainty, with an open knit that’s surprisingly warm for how light it is.
Blair Braverman's Favorite Soft Winter Gear|Blair Braverman|January 31, 2021|Outside Online
They open quickly, and they take only dainty little bites off of the battery as they operate.
Apple’s M1 chip makes the new MacBook Air shockingly good|Stan Horaczek|November 18, 2020|Popular-Science
That’s more than seven times as much as some dainty little honeybee delivers.
What you need to know about ‘murder hornets’|Susan Milius|July 20, 2020|Science News For Students

A cigar should be handled daintily; it is a fragile, graceful creature—don't mar its beauty.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
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