Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

daintily

/ˈdeɪntɪli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: dain-ti-ly
IPA: /ˈdeɪntɪli/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a dainty manner, delicately.

Example Sentences

"SATURNINUS: Go fetch them hither to us presently. TITUS: Why, there they are, both baked in that pie, Whereof their mother daintily hath fed, Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred."
"Has he beſpoke, what will he have a brace, / Or but one Partridge, or a ſhort-leg'd Hen, / Daintyly carbonado'd?"
"At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar."
"[Allegra]'s daintily readjusting her stance."

Etymology

From Middle English deyntely; equivalent to dainty + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: deyntely
Suffix: dainty

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈdeɪntɪli/

Inflected Forms

more daintily (comparative) most daintily (superlative)

Synonyms

daintifully

Questions

How do you pronounce daintily?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdeɪntɪli/.
What does daintily mean?: In a dainty manner, delicately.
Where does daintily come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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