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dainty

1 adjective
     
dain‧ty1 comparative daintier, superlative daintiest
1 small, pretty, and delicate:
a dainty gold chain
a child with dainty features
2 moving or done in a careful way, using small movements:
a dainty walk
—daintily adverb
—daintiness noun [uncountable]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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