Meaning & use
daintily
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In a delicate, graceful, or dainty manner.
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She daintily picked up the teacup with her little finger raised.
The cat daintily stepped around the puddles on the sidewalk.
A note on using this word
Often carries a slightly old-fashioned or genteel tone, and can sometimes suggest fussiness.
Words with a similar meaning
delicatelygracefully
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Words with an opposite meaning
clumsily
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