The meaning of DAINTY is something delicious to the taste. How to use dainty in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dainty.

DAINTY definition: of delicate beauty; exquisite. See examples of dainty used in a sentence.

small and attractive in a delicate way: a dainty wrist / hand dainty flowers (Definition of dainty from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

If you describe a movement, person, or object as dainty, you mean that they are small, delicate, and pretty. ...dainty pink flowers.

1. delicate or elegant: a dainty teacup. 2. pleasing to the taste; choice; delicious: a dainty morsel.

Definition of dainty adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Dec 10, 2025 · dainty (comparative daintier, superlative daintiest) Elegant; delicately small and pretty. quotations

There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective dainty, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Dainty means tiny, delicate, and lovely, so you could describe a little china tea set as dainty, and you could also call the tiny cakes on the little plates dainty.

2. Delicious; tasty: a dainty dish. 3. Fastidious or finicky: "They chided [them] for being too dainty to eat army rations" (Stephen Berry). 4. Frail in constitution or health: "Such heroines have [been]replaced …