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dainty

/ˈdeɪnti/ adjective C2
  1. Elegant; delicately small and pretty.
  2. Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating.

Comparative daintier · Superlative daintiest

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Oh, how pretty it was--a lovely soft brown gloria with all the gloss of silk; a skirt with dainty frills and shirrings; a waist elaborately pintucked in the most fashionable way, with a little ruffle of filmy lace at the neck.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 195 · C1
First a card with “For the Anne-girl and Merry Christmas,” written on it; and then, a pair of the daintiest little kid slippers, with beaded toes and satin bows and glistening buckles.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 197 · C1
Changes had crept in, Marilla conniving at them resignedly, until it was as sweet and dainty a nest as a young girl could desire.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 275 · C1
The walls, hung not with gold and silver brocade tapestry, but with a dainty apple-blossom paper, were adorned with a few good pictures given Anne by Mrs.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 275 · C1

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