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dainty
adjective as in delicate, fragile, fine
adjective as in finicky, particular
Example Sentences
But she always raises her exceptionally dainty feet for her sergeant to slip on the paper booties at a crime scene — and never fails to check on the welfare of those left behind.
The creature lifts its head, nearly dainty in scale, and contentedly gnaws a mouthful of ferns.
Still tethered around her neck is a dainty gold chain with the name of her fourth studio album, “Encuentros,” released Oct.
Foods like salad and Jell-O were seen as dainty and understood to be women's cuisine.
Ceanothus blooms also don’t last much longer than a day once they’re cut, and manzanitas, large shrubs with reddish limbs and dainty bell-shaped flowers, “are just too precious” to potentially damage by cutting, she said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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