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Definition of Daintier
1. dainty [adj] - See also: dainty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daintier
Literary usage of Daintier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John Drew by Edward Augustus Dithmar (1900)
"theatre-goers who actually preferred the lighter, daintier touch of Drew to the
broad, rather violent manner which the various-voiced Coquelin found ..."
2. The Puritan Spirit by Richard Salter Storrs (1890)
"... though secular success may seem at times to have fettered or dissolved it;
though a daintier culture may have made men insensitive, if not positively ..."
3. Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri by Missouri State Horticultural Society (1888)
"There are doubtless bad flavors in the Seckel and Anjou that you and I cannot
discover, but which will some day be fully apparent to daintier tastes. ..."
4. The Kansas City Review (1885)
"daintier birds as well as daintier men are the result, and always will be ...
And then daintier fruits will be needed, and whatever is needed will be sure ..."
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