About The Word Daintiness

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Daintiness

Daintiness Meaning & Definition
Daintiness Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Daintiness?

[n] the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Daintiness: delicacy | fineness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Daintiness: acquired taste | airiness | amiable weakness | appreciation of excellence | ascent | asepsis | breakability | brittleness | bubbliness | buoyancy | changeableness | choiceness | civilized taste | civilizedness | cleanliness | cleanly habits | cleanness | collapse | cultivated taste | cultivation | culture | cunningness | cuteness | delicacy | delicateness | destructibility | diminutiveness | discrimination | disintegration | down | downiness | effeminacy | elegance | ethereality | excellence | exiguity | exiguousness | exquisiteness | fastidiousness | fewness | filminess | fine-grainedness | fineness | finesse | flimsiness | floatability | fluff | fluffiness | foaminess | fragility | frailty | frangibility | freshness | frothiness | fuzz | fuzziness | gentleness | good taste | gossameriness | grace | gracefulness | gracility | graciosity | graciousness | hospital cleanliness | human frailty | immaculacy | immaculateness | inconsequentiality | inconsiderableness | indecisiveness | infirmity of will | inherent vice | insignificance | insufficiency | irresolution | lack of weight | levitation | levity | lightness | littleness | meagerness | meanness | minuteness | moderateness | moral weakness | niceness | nicety | peach fuzz | pettiness | picayunishness | polish | pubescence | puniness | pureness | purity | quality | refinement | satin | satininess | scantiness | silk | silkiness | sleaziness | slightness | smallness | smoothness | softness | sophistication | spotlessness | stainlessness | sterility | subtlety | taste | tastefulness | tenderness | tidiness | tininess | triviality | unheaviness | unimportance | unspottedness | unsubstantiality | velleity | velvet | velvetiness | volatility | weightlessness | whiteness | wispiness | womanishness | yeastiness

See Also | elegance

Daintiness In Webster's Dictionary

\Dain"ti*ness\, n. The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness. The daintiness and niceness of our captains --Hakluyt. More notorious for the daintiness of the provision . . . than for the massiveness of the dish. --Hakewill. The duke exeeded in the daintiness of his leg and foot, and the earl in the fine shape of his hands, --Sir H. Wotton.

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