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Definition of Daintily
1. Adverb. In a refined manner. "She nibbled daintily at her cake"
2. Adverb. In a delicate manner. "The invitation cards were written up daintily in white and gold"
Definition of Daintily
1. adv. In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily.
Definition of Daintily
1. Adverb. In a dainty manner, delicately. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Daintily
1. dainty [adv] - See also: dainty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daintily
Literary usage of Daintily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"Are the species of gluttony distinguished according to these five conditions:
too soon, too expensively, too much, too eagerly, too daintily ? ..."
2. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"Are the species of gluttony distinguished according to these five conditions :
too soon, too expensively. too much, too eagerly, too daintily ? ..."
3. The Mikado's Empire by William Elliot Griffis (1906)
"Every thing is daintily wrapped in red and white cord, with the nosu, or ceremonial
folded paper, symbolizing friendship. The exquisite jointure and ..."
4. Pictures of Travel by Heinrich Heine (1856)
"vases, Turkish shawls, maccaroni and LORD BYRON, from whose poems, the elder
lady, while daintily lisping and sighing, recited several sun-set quotations. ..."
5. Essays on Chivalry, Romance, and the Drama by Walter Scott (1887)
"we mark them well," he concludes, " funerals and hornpipes seldom match daintily
together." The historical plays led naturally into another class, ..."
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