Definition

1. Noun:
   • The quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance or manner.
   • The quality of being fastidious, particularly in matters of taste or appetite.

Usage

• Describing Appearance or Manner: Used to describe something or someone that is delicately small, pretty, and elegant.
• Describing Fastidiousness: Used to describe a refined, sometimes overly particular, taste or a small, delicate appetite.

Examples

• The daintiness of the porcelain teacup made it seem almost too fragile to handle.
• She ate with a delicate daintiness, taking tiny bites of her food.
• The daintiness of the lace on the wedding gown was exquisite.
• His daintiness in choosing only the finest ingredients was well-known to the chef.

Advanced Usage

• "with daintiness": in a delicate and refined manner.
  • She picked up the crystal ornament with daintiness.
• "a display of daintiness": an instance or example of delicate beauty or manner.
  • The ballet was a display of grace and daintiness.

Variants and Related Words

• Dainty (adj): delicately small and pretty; (n) a small, delicious piece of food.
  • She wore a dainty gold necklace.
  • The table was covered with dainties.
• Daintily (adv): in a delicate manner.
  • She walked daintily across the room.

Synonyms

• Delicacy: the quality of being delicate, especially in appearance.
• Elegance: the quality of being graceful and stylish.
• Fastidiousness: the quality of being very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail, or being hard to please.
• Refinement: elegance or sophistication in behavior or manner.

Antonyms

• Clumsiness: the quality of being awkward in movement or handling things.
• Coarseness: the quality of being rough or lacking refinement.
• Heartiness: the quality of being vigorous, enthusiastic, or having a robust appetite.

Noun

1. the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
   • the daintiness of her touch
   • the fineness of her features