daintiness
/'deintinis/
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Definition
- 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
- the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
- the daintiness of her touch
- the fineness of her features