daintily

dain·ty

 (dān′tē)

adj. dain·ti·er, dain·ti·est

1. Delicately beautiful or charming and usually small: dainty slippers.

2. Delicious; tasty: a dainty dish.

3. Fastidious or finicky: "They chided [them] for being too dainty to eat army rations" (Stephen Berry).

4. Frail in constitution or health: "Such heroines have [been]replaced by the dainty young thing who faints away at the sight of a six-shooter" (Molly Gloss).

n. pl. dain·ties

Something delicious; a delicacy.

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

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dain′ti·ly adv.

dain′ti·ness n.

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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"

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Translations

بِوَسامَه، بِأَناقَه

líbezněněžně

lækkert

zierlich

meî næmni, meî lipurî

delicatamenteviziato

søtt

nazikânezerafetle

优雅地精致地

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

daintily

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

daintily

adv → zierlich; hold, walk, move → anmutig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

daintily

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

dainty

(ˈdeinti) adjective

small or fragile and attractive. a dainty little girl. keurig, fyn, netjies سَهْل الكَسْر، وَسيم، أنيق крехък delicado něžný, líbezný zierlich yndig; lækker λεπτεπίλεπτος, κομψόςfino, delicado habras خوشگل؛ ظریف siro mignon יָפֶה וְעָדִין रुचिर, सुहावना nježan, osjetljiv kecses mungil fallega fíngerður grazioso きゃしゃな 우아하고 가냘픈 dailus glezns; trausls; izsmalcināts ayu sierlijkliten og søt, tander filigranowy خوندور، مزه ناك، زړه وړونكى، نفيس delicado delicat изящный ľúbezný, nežný ljubek ljubak utsökt, nätt, späd งดงาม narin, zarif 嬌小可愛的，優雅的 витончений نفیس یا نازک اور سبک رو dễ thương 娇俏的，优雅的

ˈdaintily adverb

keurig, fyntjies, kieskeurig بِوَسامَه، بِأَناقَه крехко delicadamente něžně, líbezně zierlich yndigt; yndefuldt; lækkert λεπτεπίλεπτα, κομψάdelicadamente hapralt با ظرافت و زیبایی sirosti délicatement עָדִין וְחִינָנִי कोमलतापूर्वक nježno, osjetljivo finoman, kecsesen sedikit-sedikit með næmni, með lipurð delicatamente 優美に 우아하게, 까다롭게 dailiai glezni; trausli; izsmalcināti dengan ayunya sierlijksøtt filigranowo زړه وړونكى delicadamente cu delicateţe изящно delikátne ljubko ljupko utsökt, förtjusande อย่างพิถีพิถัน zerafetle, nazikâne 精緻地，優雅地 витончено نفاست سے، نزاکت سے một cách xinh đẹp 精致地，优雅地

ˈdaintiness noun

keurigheid, fynheid, kieskeurigheid وَسامَه، أناقَه крехкост delicadeza vábnost, líbeznost die Zierlichkeit yndighed; yndefuldhed κομψότηταdelicadeza haprus زیبایی؛ لطافت sirous délicatesseחינניות सुथरापन nježnost, delikatnost finomság kemungilan næmni, lipurð delicatezza きゃしゃ 우아함, 까다로움 dailumas gleznums; trauslums; izsmalcinātība keayuan sierlijkheidkresenhet, tanderhet, sirlighet filigranowość خوندور، مزه ناك، زړه وړونكى، نفيس delicadeza delicateţe изящество ľúbeznosť ljubkost ljupkost utsökthet ความงดงาม zerafet, nezaket 優美，精緻，優雅 витонченість نفاست، خوش ذوقی vẻ thanh nhã; vị ngon lành 优美，精致，优雅

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