'Daintiness' definitions:
Definition of 'daintiness'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Daintiness'
From: GCIDE
- Daintiness \Dain"ti*ness\, n. The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness. [1913 Webster]
- The daintiness and niceness of our captains --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster]
- More notorious for the daintiness of the provision . . . than for the massiveness of the dish. --Hakewill. [1913 Webster]
- The duke exeeded in the daintiness of his leg and foot, and the earl in the fine shape of his hands, --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'daintiness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquired taste,
- airiness,
- amiable weakness,
- appreciation of excellence,
- ascent,
- asepsis,
- breakability,
- brittleness,
- bubbliness,
- buoyancy,
- changeableness,
- choiceness,
- civilized taste,
- civilizedness,
- cleanliness,
- cleanly habits,
- cleanness,
- collapse,
- cultivated taste,
- cultivation,
- culture,
- cunningness,
- cuteness,
- delicacy,
- delicateness,
- destructibility,
- diminutiveness,
- discrimination,
- disintegration,
- down,
- downiness,
- effeminacy,
- elegance,
- ethereality,
- excellence,
- exiguity,
- exiguousness,
- exquisiteness,
- fastidiousness,
- fewness,
- filminess,
- fine-grainedness,
- fineness,
- finesse,
- flimsiness,
- floatability,
- fluff,
- fluffiness,
- foaminess,
- fragility,
- frailty,
- frangibility,
- freshness,
- frothiness,
- fuzz,
- fuzziness,
- gentleness,
- good taste,
- gossameriness,
- grace,
- gracefulness,
- gracility,
- graciosity,
- graciousness,
- hospital cleanliness,
- human frailty,
- immaculacy,
- immaculateness,
- inconsequentiality,
- inconsiderableness,
- indecisiveness,
- infirmity of will,
- inherent vice,
- insignificance,
- insufficiency,
- irresolution,
- lack of weight,
- levitation,
- levity,
- lightness,
- littleness,
- meagerness,
- meanness,
- minuteness,
- moderateness,
- moral weakness,
- niceness,
- nicety,
- peach fuzz,
- pettiness,
- picayunishness,
- polish,
- pubescence,
- puniness,
- pureness,
- purity,
- quality,
- refinement,
- satin,
- satininess,
- scantiness,
- silk,
- silkiness,
- sleaziness,
- slightness,
- smallness,
- smoothness,
- softness,
- sophistication,
- spotlessness,
- stainlessness,
- sterility,
- subtlety,
- taste,
- tastefulness,
- tenderness,
- tidiness,
- tininess,
- triviality,
- unheaviness,
- unimportance,
- unspottedness,
- unsubstantiality,
- velleity,
- velvet,
- velvetiness,
- volatility,
- weightlessness,
- whiteness,
- wispiness,
- womanishness,
- yeastiness