dainty

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dainty

She carefully selected a dainty teacup from the shelf.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Delicately small and pretty: "dainty" describes something that is small, delicate, and attractive in a refined way.
    • Delicious and delicate (especially of food): It can refer to food that is pleasing to the taste, often in a light and delicate manner.
    • Excessively fastidious or refined: "dainty" can describe a person who is overly particular, especially about food, cleanliness, or manners.

  2. Noun:

    • A small, delicious piece of food: "dainty" can refer to a small, choice, and tasty item of food.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • She wore a dainty gold bracelet on her wrist. (It describes a delicate piece of jewelry.)
    • The host served dainty sandwiches and pastries at the tea party. (It describes delicate and tasty food.)
    • He was too dainty to eat with his hands. (It describes a person who is overly fastidious about manners.)

  • Noun:

    • The table was covered with all sorts of dainties. (It refers to small, delicious foods.)
Advanced Usage

  • "dainty eater": a person who eats very little or is very picky about food.

    • My daughter is such a dainty eater; she only likes plain pasta.

  • "with dainty steps": moving with small, delicate, and careful steps.

    • The dancer moved across the stage with dainty steps.
Variants and Related Words

  • Daintily (adverb): in a delicate, small, or pretty manner.

    • She picked up the porcelain cup daintily.

  • Daintiness (noun): the quality of being dainty.

    • The daintiness of the lace was remarkable.
Synonyms
  • Delicate: finely made; easily broken or damaged.
  • Exquisite: extremely beautiful and delicate.
  • Fastidious: very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail, or about cleanliness.
  • Tasty: (for food) having a pleasant, distinct flavor.
Related Phrases
  • "dainty as a flower": an idiom comparing someone or something to a delicate flower.
    • The little girl, dainty as a flower, sat quietly in the garden.
Notes on Meaning

The word "dainty" often carries a positive connotation of delicate beauty or tastefulness. However, when applied to a person's behavior, it can sometimes have a slightly negative connotation, suggesting they are overly fussy or affected in their refinement.

dainty

She carefully selected a dainty teacup from the shelf.

Adjective
  1. excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
    • too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
    • so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
  2. especially pleasing to the taste;
    • a dainty dish to set before a kind
  3. delicately beautiful
    • a dainty teacup
    • an exquisite cameo
  4. affectedly dainty or refined
Noun
  1. something considered choice to eat

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