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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance;
- Example: "the daintiness of her touch"
- Example: "the fineness of her features"
[syn: daintiness, delicacy, fineness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Daintiness \Dain"ti*ness\, n.
   The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance;
   delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.
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         The daintiness and niceness of our captains --Hakluyt.
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         More notorious for the daintiness of the provision . .
         . than for the massiveness of the dish.  --Hakewill.
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         The duke exeeded in the daintiness of his leg and foot,
         and the earl in the fine shape of his hands, --Sir H.
                                                  Wotton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

daintiness
    n 1: the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance;
         "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her
         features" [syn: daintiness, delicacy, fineness]