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单词 daintily
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daintilyadv.

/ˈdeɪntɪli/
Etymology: < dainty adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. Excellently, finely, handsomely, delightfully.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb]
fairlyOE
goodlyc1275
finec1330
properlyc1390
daintily?a1400
thrivinglya1400
goodlily?1457
excellent1483
excellently1527
excellently1529
curiously1548
jollilyc1563
admirably1570
beautifully1570
singularly1576
bravelyc1600
famouslya1616
manlya1616
primely1622
prime1648
eximiously1650
topping1683
egregiously1693
purely1695
trimmingly1719
toppinglya1739
surprisingly1749
capitally1750
brawly1796
jellily18..
stammingly1814
divinely1822
stunningly1823
rippingly1828
jam up1835
out of sight1835
first-rately1843
first rate1844
like a charm1845
stunning1851
marvellously1859
magnificently1868
first class1871
splendidly1883
sterlingly1883
tip-top1888
like one o'clock1901
deevily1905
goodo1907
dandy1908
bonzer1914
great1916
juicily1916
corkingly1917
champion1925
unbeatably1928
snodger1946
beaut1953
smashingly1956
groovily1970
awesome1984
?a1400 Morte Arth. 723 Dukkes and duzseperes daynttehely rydes.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. xxvii. 8 Rycht wele arayt and dayntely.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 2 A Naked..daylight, that doth not shew the Masques..of the world halfe so Stately, and daintily, as Candlelights.
1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 7 There is no Region on Earth so daintily watered, with such great navigable Rivers.
2. In a dainty manner; with delicate attention to the palate, personal comfort, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > savouriness > [adverb]
dainteouslyc1380
daintifully1393
daintively1393
daintilya1400
delicatelyc1400
daintethlyc1440
savourously1480
daintly1563
tastefully1611
savourily1617
palatably1677
toothsomely1871
the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adverb] > delicate or dainty
dainteouslyc1380
daintifully1393
daintively1393
daintilya1400
delicatelyc1400
daintethlyc1440
daintly1563
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 3655 Venisoun..Deyntily diȝte to his pay.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xxxvi. 145 The fleshe is i-fed deyntili.
1549 T. Solme in H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie To Rdr. sig. Avii The rich..gloton..fared well and deyntely euery day.
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. iii. 60 Baked in this Pie. Whereof their Mother daintilie hath fed. View more context for this quotation
1647 A. Cowley Love's Ingratitude in Mistress ii And daintily I nourish'd Thee With Idle Thoughts and Poetry.
1695 W. J. tr. R. Le Bossu Treat. Epick Poem 100 To sleep well, and fare daintily.
3. Delicately, nicely, etc.; elegantly, gracefully, neatly, deftly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adverb]
over-delicately1357
preciouslyc1430
daintethlyc1440
pickedlya1528
finely1542
nicely1547
fastidiously?1555
daintily1561
curiously1573
sizely?1578
fine1579
overnicely1582
squeamishly1606
finically1659
just so1683
superfinely1693
hypercritically1715
meticulously1900
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adverb] > delicately or daintily
gingerly?1520
minionly1545
daintily1561
daintly1563
minikinly1580
delicately1587
incony?1602
dainty1610
airily1823
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. viii. §1 He was not tenderly & deintily handled.
1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. A4 You tread so daintily on your typtoes.
1654 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms xxiii So daintily hath he struck upon the whole string.
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) vii. 443 The envoy performed his ungracious task as daintily as he could.
1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 117 The daintily tripping roe.
4. Rarely, sparingly. Obsolete. (Cf. dainty adj. 2.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb]
seldom-whenc888
seldomc897
seld-whenc897
seldoma1000
seldc1000
seldom-timec1386
seld-timec1386
seld-whilea1387
seld-where1390
thinc1405
rare?1440
sendle?a1500
daintilya1513
thinlyc1545
rarely1546
once in a moon1547
out-takingly1549
seldomly1549
for once and away1583
sparingly1590
scarce1596
unfrequently1646
unoften1654
infrequently1673
once in a while1765
sporadically1765
sparselya1871
seldom-while1876
(for) once in a way1891
the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adverb] > scantily or meagrely
feeblyc1290
scarcely1340
scantc1440
scantly1509
daintilya1513
barelya1535
thinly1537
leanly1580
meagrelya1586
starvedly1606
exile1654
scantily1774
skimpingly1853
skimpily1859
stintedly1863
barrenly1877
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxi. f. cxli To be kept there as a prysoner, where he was so dayntely fed that he dyed for hunger.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. K2 The Auncients haue one or two examples of Tragy-comedies..But..we shall find, that they neuer, or very daintily, match Horne-pypes and Funeralls.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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