daintily

Example Sentences

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Daintily, deliberately, he stroked the ball toward the hole.

From Time Magazine Archive

Daintily, he trotted out to the flank in his sneakers.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Daintily done! Daintily done!” he said, and Miss Nsia smiled at his horse-laugh.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Daintily, I pick up the proper fork to use for the salad, and notice that two of the councilmen use their main-course forks by mistake.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Daintily embroidered napery, beautiful porcelain, Queen Anne silver, exotic flowers, glittering glass, soft rosy light, creamy expanses of shirt-front, elegant low-necked dresses—all the conventional accompaniments of Occidental gastronomy.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel