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daintiful

daintiful adjective: synonym of dainty.

Adjective

daintiful (comparative more daintiful, superlative most daintiful)

  1. Synonym of dainty
    • The greedy old dowagers in their descent take freely enough. But the fresh-run clean fish are mighty daintiful as regards the baits we present for their acceptance.1871, William Holt Beever, The Daily Life of Our Farm, page 94
    Synonyms:
    dainty

Synonyms of daintiful

Forms of daintiful

comparativemore daintiful
superlativemost daintiful

Origin of daintiful

From Middle English dayntefull, deyntefull, deintefull, equivalent to dainty + -ful.

Words formed from daintiful

Questions about daintiful

What does daintiful mean?
Daintiful means synonym of dainty.
What part of speech is daintiful?
Daintiful is an adjective.

Words near daintiful in the dictionary

  1. daintier
  2. dainties
  3. daintiest
  4. daintified
  5. daintifies
  6. daintiful
  7. daintifully
  8. daintify
  9. daintifying
  10. daintihood
  11. daintily

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