dainty

The creature lifts its head, nearly dainty in scale, and contentedly gnaws a mouthful of ferns.

Still tethered around her neck is a dainty gold chain with the name of her fourth studio album, “Encuentros,” released Oct.

Foods like salad and Jell-O were seen as dainty and understood to be women's cuisine.

Ceanothus blooms also don’t last much longer than a day once they’re cut, and manzanitas, large shrubs with reddish limbs and dainty bell-shaped flowers, “are just too precious” to potentially damage by cutting, she said.

"There's nothing wrong with playing feminine and dainty roles if they're written very well. I think the first question is always if the writing is good, and if there's more than one dimension to them."