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# daintily

adverb (more daintily, most daintily)

«daintily» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

In a neat, delicate and careful way, especially when eating or moving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daintily/#m1)

### In the lessons

how a character eats, walks or handles something small and fine

### Examples

- The monkey took the food daintily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daintily/#x1)
- She picked up the cup daintily with two fingers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daintily/#x2)
- The cat stepped daintily over the wet grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daintily/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «daintily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daintily/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«daintily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/daintily.html) on Mova free.