daintily
Example Sentences
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The worker uncurls its claw-like fingers, daintily grips the basket by its edges and walks it over to a conveyor that will send it through an industrial washing machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 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
The actors distinguish themselves through affectations: a raised eyebrow, a bow, a giggle, a swept leg, a daintily dropped handkerchief, a cleared throat.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2022
They ate long and daintily, spearing out pieces of chicken, holding the dripping pieces until they cooled and then gnawing the muscled meat from the bone.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
