How to use dainty in a sentence See examples of dainty used in a sentence. Small and attractive in a delicate way A dainty wrist / hand dainty flowers (definition of dainty from the cambridge academic content dictionary © cambridge university press) Definition of dainty adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe a movement, person, or object as dainty, you mean that they are small, delicate, and pretty.dainty pink flowers. Dainty (comparative daintier, superlative daintiest) elegant Dainty means tiny, delicate, and lovely, so you could describe a little china tea set as dainty, and you could also call the tiny cakes on the little plates dainty. A dainty teacup pleasing to the taste A dainty morsel refined, esp excessively genteel From old french deintié, from latin dignitās dignity ˈdaintily adv
While all these words mean having qualities that appeal to a cultivated taste, dainty sometimes carries an additional suggestion of smallness and of appeal to the eye or palate.
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