English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van "daintilly" is op 'n delikate en grasieuse manier, met klein en presiese bewegings, of met verfynde en elegante smaak. Dit kan ook op 'n veeleisende of te versigtige manier beteken, veral wanneer dit by kos of persoonlike versorging kom.

Sentence Examples

  1. The class broke into applause, mainly relief, as Sian stepped daintily off the stocky figure and bowed to sensei.
  2. Without waiting for leave from the King, she daintily dabbed the corner of her mouth with a silken napkin, pushed her chair back from the table, and announced to Drianna that it was time to go.
  3. Cursing daintily under her breath, she scrubbed at her face, but failed to stem the flow.
  4. In the porkers he saw carved out the future sleek side of bacon, and juicy relishing ham not a turkey but he beheld daintily trussed up, with its gizzard under its wing, and, peradventure, a necklace of savory sausages and even bright chanticleer himself lay sprawling on his back, in a side dish, with uplifted claws, as if craving that quarter which his chivalrous spirit disdained to ask while living.
  5. She returned to her lunch, but instead of tearing hungrily at her sandwich, she began nibbling daintily.
  6. Sitting in the parlor was a pretty lady on the sofa next to Madame DeQuick, her legs twisted daintily at the ankles.
  7. When everyone was seated and had a drink, Frigg sipped the bridal mead daintily.
  8. The air was strangely soft and balmy the daintily shell-gravelled walks through the thickly set avenues yielded luxuriously to the feet.
  9. Drunken students surrounded me, slamming lukewarm beers while I sipped daintily from my black-stemmed glassware, made out of actual, breakable glass.