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daintier in British English

comparative adjective
dainty
 

dainty in British English

(ˈdeɪntɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: -tier or -tiest
1. 
delicate or elegant
a dainty teacup
2. 
pleasing to the taste; choice; delicious
a dainty morsel
3. 
refined, esp excessively genteel; fastidious
nounWord forms: plural -ties
4. 
a choice piece of food, esp a small cake or sweet; delicacy
Derived forms
daintily (ˈdaintily)
adverb
daintiness (ˈdaintiness)
noun
Word origin
C13: from Old French deintié, from Latin dignitās dignity

Examples of 'daintier' in a sentence
daintier

The cakes weren't any better to eat than those her mother made, but daintier and iced in many different colours.
Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
Mules are better suited to mountain tracks than horses, having a narrower, daintier tread.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
For something daintier, consider getting yourself a daphne or two.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Not dragonflies: these were smaller, daintier, and folded their wings parallel to their bodies.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The leaves are much daintier than the coarse hogweed leaves.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There are other daintier, less muddy dishes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They closely resemble common terns, but are daintier birds.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The daintier reds must wait until this fare is just so — by which time much of it has been snaffled.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A fern that is rather similar, but has daintier fronds of a paler green, is lady fern.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
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