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Meanings of dainty in anglès
portuguès
guloseima català
exquisitat espanyol
dainty Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted.
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Usage of dainty in anglès
1
Sweet and dainty were the damsels, alike in raiment and in face.
2
And a jade platter of dainty food calls for a million coins.
3
It ripples in dainty dance, or tumbles down in cascades of joy.
4
In the open doorway she shone, looking the smallest of dainty things.
5
He swung the dainty mite up in his arms and kissed her.
6
One was a dainty little magpie; the other a soft-eyed turtle dove.
7
Those dainty creatures were not in the least degree afraid of me.
8
They found the old nurse packing dainty white dresses in a trunk.
9
His free hand squeezed Mattie's fingers, warm and dainty beneath his own.
10
The water lapped with ceaseless, dainty caresses the sides of the boat.
11
In them, too, was greed for the toothsome dainty the boy carried.
12
The fair girl with the sweet face and dainty figure was silent.
13
Young people were crowding into the elevator, girls in dainty costumes predominating.
14
You are not rough; your hands are dainty as well as strong.
15
All the small table arrangements had the same dainty simplicity about them.
16
Shivering, Sugar takes a swig of tea from the absurdly dainty cup.
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Dainty through the time
Dainty across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common