Definition of "daintily"
daintily
adverb
comparative more daintily, superlative most daintily
In a dainty manner, delicately.
Quotations
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.
c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene iii]
Has he beſpoke, what will he have a brace, / Or but one Partridge, or a ſhort-leg'd Hen, / Daintyly carbonado'd?
c. 1615–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Loves Pilgramage, a Comedy”, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. […], [part 2], London: […] J[ohn] Macock [and H. Hills], for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, and Richard Marriot, published 1679, Act I, scene i, page 69, column 2
[Allegra]'s daintily readjusting her stance.
2019 October 18, Nintendo EPD, Ring Fit Adventure, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, scene: extra turn, level/area: Beaut Camp