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daintily

adverb as in softly

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Example Sentences

A cigar should be handled daintily; it is a fragile, graceful creature—don't mar its beauty.

The table was set with Georgian silver and decorated daintily with flowers, while several of the women wore splendid jewels.

How daintily they sip it; how happy they seem; how that lucky rogue of an Irishman prattles away!

A moment later he refers daintily and accurately to the chapel of Saint Nicholas "riding on the bridge, slender and pretty."

She arose from the table and handed me a daintily scented missive addressed to Mrs. Shadd, and I faithfully executed her errand.

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On this page you'll find 128 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to daintily, such as: beautifully, cautiously, deftly, elegantly, exquisitely, and finely.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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