Dainty

Definition of dainty:

part of speech: adverb

Daintily.

part of speech: adjective

Delicate; delicious.

part of speech: adjective

Pleasant to the palate: delicate: fastidious.

part of speech: noun

That which is dainty, a delicacy.

part of speech: adjective

Delicious; delicate; sensitive; choice; fastidious; charming.

part of speech: noun

Something choice or delicious.

part of speech: noun

Daintiness.

Usage examples for dainty:

• Here she vigorously endeavored to make a stand, for if she went another step forward her dainty boots would sink into mud and dirt. "The Girl at Cobhurst", Frank Richard Stockton.

• She eagerly ate the dainty and tried to keep the child still. "The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians", Henry R. Schoolcraft.

• Biorn of the Fiery Eyes laughed scornfully: " It seems I am always to have a spy over me here; my son succeeds to the dainty French knight!" "Sintram and His Companions", Friedrich de la Motte Fouque Commentator: Charlotte M. Yonge.

• She glanced down at her dainty French shoes, then at Cherry's hunting- boots. "The Silver Horde", Rex Beach.