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DAINTINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does daintiness mean?
• DAINTINESS (noun)
The noun DAINTINESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
Familiarity information: DAINTINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
daintiness; delicacy; fineness
Context example:
the fineness of her features
Hypernyms ("daintiness" is a kind of...):
elegance (a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste)
Derivation:
dainty (delicately beautiful)
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