Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
superlative form ofdainty : mostdainty .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word daintiest.
Examples
-
The famous bridge was cleft through and through, and a thousand picked men -- Parma's very "daintiest" -- were blown out of existence.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
-
The famous bridge was cleft through and through, and a thousand picked men -- Parma's very "daintiest" -- were blown out of existence.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-86) John Lothrop Motley 1845
-
The famous bridge was cleft through and through, and a thousand picked men -- Parma's very "daintiest" -- were blown out of existence.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1585c John Lothrop Motley 1845
-
The famous bridge was cleft through and through, and a thousand picked men -- Parma's very "daintiest" -- were blown out of existence.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845
-
Kenton fingers the fine stitching on one of the pieces, a scrap of innocent-looking pink ribbons and lace – with no wires – that would truss only the daintiest of frames.
From corsets for comedians to bespoke bras: Rigby & Peller has seen it all 2011
-
Saxon's amazement increased, as, article by article, the old woman displayed the airiest, the daintiest, the most delicious and most complete of bridal outfits.
CHAPTER VI 2010
-
An unearthly silence brooded in the cabin, broken only by Bishop filling a basin from the water-bucket, and by Corliss seeking out his smallest and daintiest house-moccasins and his warmest socks.
CHAPTER 20 2010
-
It was at this moment that he produced the daintiest, diamond ring.
-
Designed by Minoru Yamasaki, whose forte was delicacy on a small scale, the result was the world's daintiest, most characterless big buildings until disaster restored the city's more familiar skyline.
The Empire State Building's Luster Returns Ada Louise Huxtable 2011
-
I had lifted her bodily on to my knee, for she was the daintiest little bundle imaginable, and if the cab had been roomier I'd have done the deed then and there, for she kissed most artistically, and what with abstinence and encountering a little goer so unexpected, I was randier than the town bull.
THE NUMBERS 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.