daintily
Example Sentences
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McDonald’s has been the object of social-media derision since a Feb. 3 video of its CEO nibbling daintily at the chain’s latest offering, the multilayer Big Arch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
On the second floor, women sat in front of vanity desks as make-up artists powdered their faces and daintily applied blush to the apples of their cheeks.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025
At one point, she daintily wraps a piece of tulle ribbon around a raw fish carcass.
From Salon ● May 16, 2023
In the age of social distancing, no celebrity profile can begin with the subject wolfishly striding into a hotel bar or daintily picking at a breakfast.
From Washington Post ● May 14, 2021
She sips daintily from her straw, fingering it with lacquered nails.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
