dainty
ਕੋਮਲ
definition
noun
Still lifes usually show beautiful vessels filled with wine and appetizing fruit or other dainties invitingly arranged on lovely china.
something good to eat; a delicacy.
adjective
a dainty lace handkerchief
delicately small and pretty.
a dainty appetite
fastidious or difficult to please, typically concerning food.
example
Mary was fair and 'dainty' and delicate, everything that a good lady was.
I have big feet like my dad, but small 'dainty' hands like my mom.
Now is the chance to prove to your acquaintances that the days of small cucumber sandwiches and 'dainty' cakes have not gone for good!
Mother and daughter danced for a few moments, Molly spinning on tiptoes like a 'dainty' ballerina, Christina gracefully moving to the beat.
I slipped my 'dainty' feet into the black pointy shoes, and I stood looking sideways at their reflection in the mirror.
They consisted of many appetizers, including German salads, rare caviars, mushrooms and other 'dainty' delicacies - all washed down with various kinds of vodkas.
The ability to cut very thin bread was greatly prized and 'dainty' bread and butter was often served for afternoon tea.
Again, 'dainty' dumplings swim in soup, but these are packed powerfully with a spicy punch.
But their beautifying objects are usually hidden inside 'dainty' purses or roomy bags and the article in question usually comes in milder colours.
Poe pauses, then wipes his lips with a rather 'dainty' handkerchief.
Popping their heads through the leaves under the trees is a remarkable collection of daffodils - some of which show signs of being very old, 'dainty' varieties.
Staples of the look have been creeping into mainstream fashion for a couple of years: three-quarter length sleeves, 'dainty' cardis and calf-cropped capri pants.
Lastly, I would like to say a person might not be very pretty or very 'dainty' ; that is not what I am trying to talk about.
Tracy King was a 'dainty' , petite blonde with platinum hair and a blindingly white smile.
I sipped pink punch, ate 'dainty' sugar cakes with strawberries on top, and stayed at Tom's side every moment.
Behind the trappings of old age, I knew this woman must have been uncommonly beautiful in her youth: high cheek bones, a swan-like neck, trim and 'dainty' with long flowing locks of hair.
My pleasure was always based on greed rather than some Epicurian assessment of 'dainty' morsels.
Alicia was certain that if only she had been born pretty and 'dainty' like her mother, her life would have been much easier.
Between bites of 'dainty' sandwiches made with just-baked Yarrows bread, Noel says he dreamed of going to university in England.
At first I had named her for the little bird because she was so 'dainty' ; then I found out her other virtue and her name applied even better.
Sweets come in many shapes, sticky buns with cream and jam, hot rolls with cinnamon and raisins, 'dainty' cakes of assorted varieties, and sweet cream butter.
My mother-in-law's sandwiches are the 'dainty' cut-off-crusts variety - so thin and delicate that my family barely recognises them as sandwiches.
Also, it's not as if there were a 'dainty' lady around here who would scream and faint dead away at my shocking condition.
That was back in 1903, and the editor's room was later described as being like a woman's boudoir, with 'dainty' wall mirrors, chintz curtains and Queen Anne chairs.
It was wooden like the rest of the ship, but it was a small, rather pretty little room, with 'dainty' curtains over the circular windows and a nice rug on the floor.
On the other hand, it is the 'dainty' and refined accompaniment to cucumber sandwiches.
We had cod goujons, which came with tartar sauce, and a slab of flavoursome chicken liver paté with a sweet redcurrant sauce and 'dainty' triangles of toast.
Keira thought the name ‘Clarissa’ was the kind of thing you'd name a pretty, 'dainty' little ballerina girl.
Beside St. Mary's there is a short row of small, 'dainty' cottages, administered by the Church, for the use of its employees and other deserving families.
Katrina held up a light blue diamond flower, which hung delicately from a 'dainty' chain.
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