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daintily

American  
[deyn-ti-lee] / ˈdeɪn tɪ li /

adverb

  1. 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.

  2. with particular care to avoid soiling, spilling, damage, etc.; fastidiously.

    We piled our trash daintily atop overfilled garbage cans.

  3. 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.

Other Word Forms

  • overdaintily adverb
  • undaintily adverb

Etymology

Origin of daintily

dainty ( def. ) + -ly

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