daintynoun(n.) Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything. noun(n.) That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy. noun(n.) A term of fondness. superlative(superl.) Rare; valuable; costly. superlative(superl.) Delicious to the palate; toothsome. ...
dainty noun (n.) Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything. noun (n.) That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy. noun (n.) A term of fondness. superlative (superl.) Rare; valuable; costly. superlative (superl.) Delicious to the palate; toothsome. superlative...
Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore...
brown, everywhere brown. Or maybe grey. That’s why, when we see what is in the photo below, for the first time in five months, we stop and take a breath and feel the sun and think that yes, yes, we’ve almost made it through the winter. ...
Friend 3:I don’t know, but I could try to interchange them. Moby’s feet on Ranger, Ranger’s feet on Evie, and then big Moby must get Evie’s dainty feet. That would be really cool! *** Some of you who’ve been here all along are used to the transition in editing tools...
and their dainty little squeals of pleasure and release are as contrived as the embroidered initials on the guest towels. Only a woman of pride, complexity and emotional tension is genuinely worth the act of love, and there are only two ways to get yourself one of them. Either you lie, ...
“just wonderful” with all the children at the picnic all afternoon and evening long until … In hind sight the owner’s tell me “They should have known how tired their dog was…”. Yes, they should have, but we need to help spread the word that even good dogs can get grumpy too...
There were two things about this letter that bothered him; first of all, the handwriting: penned in ink the rusty color of dried blood, it was a maze of curlicues and dainty i's dotted with daintier o's. What the hell kind of a man would write like that? And secondly: "If your ...
At present it smelted like fresh clover — with an appetizing whiff added if you passed the galley, since gourmet food compensates for many deprivations. From TAU ZERO by Poul Anderson (1970) THE SKYLARK OF SPACE In the galley the girls set about making dainty sandwiches, but the going ...
Proceednotwith caution, but with confidence.Even if a notoriously rabid, 800-page beast of a book with a barely pronounceable Russian name sounds mildly intimidating, ignore that initial instinct to dip a couple of dainty toes in the water.Cannonball into that book. Commit right up front. I...