daintily

dain·ty  (dnt)

adj. dain·ti·er, dain·ti·est

1. Delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite: "No dainty rhymes or sentimental love verses for you, terrible year" (Walt Whitman).

2. Delicious or choice. See Synonyms at delicate.

3. Of refined taste; discriminating.

4. Overly fastidious; squeamish.

n. pl. dain·ties

Something delicious; a delicacy.

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[Middle English deinte, excellent, excellence, from Old French deintie, from Latin dignits, from dignus, worthy; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]

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dainti·ly adv.

dainti·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	daintily - in a refined manner; "she nibbled daintily at her cake"
	2.	daintily - in a delicate manner; "the invitation cards were written up daintily in white and gold"

Translations

daintily [ˈdeɪntɪlɪ] ADV [walk] → elegantemente, con pasos delicados; [eat] (= delicately) → con delicadeza, delicadamente; (= affectedly) → remilgadamente, melindrosamente
the fish was daintily served → se sirvió el pescado exquisitamente presentado
a plate of daintily cut sandwiches → un plato de sandwiches delicadamente cortados

daintily [ˈdeɪntɪli] adv [step, walk, tread] → gracieusement; [nibble] → délicatement

daintily

adv → zierlich; hold, walk, move → anmutig

daintily [ˈdeɪntɪlɪ] adv (eat, hold) → delicatamente; (move, walk) → con grazia

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daintily [ˈdeɪntɪlɪ] adv (eat, hold) → delicatamente; (move, walk) → con grazia