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Webster 1913 Edition
Daintily
Dain′ti-ly
,adv.
In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily.
Webster 1828 Edition
Daintily
DA'INTILY
,adv.
1.
Nicely; elegantly; as a hat daintily made.2.
Nicely; fastidiously; with nice regard to what is well tasted; as, to eat daintily.3.
Deliciously; as, to fare daintily.4.
Ceremoniously; scrupulously.Definition 2024
daintily
daintily
English
Adverb
daintily (comparative more daintily, superlative most daintily)
- In a dainty manner, delicately.
- 1945 May, George Orwell, chapter 1, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
- At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar.
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