dainty

«dainty» in Mova's school dictionary: Small, neat, pretty and delicate: dainty feet, a dainty… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (daintier, daintiest); noun (dainties)

meaning for a pupil

1) Small, neat, pretty and delicate: dainty feet, a dainty silver crown. tree →

2) (of food) small and tasty, a little bite; a «dainty» is a small tasty treat. tree →

sense in the lessons

a small, pretty thing, or a small tasty bite of food

examples

• Here is a dainty bite for my breakfast. tree →
• She had dainty hands and tiny feet. tree →
• The fairy wore a dainty silver crown. tree →
• Mum served little dainties on a plate. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• As for Asher, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
• The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
• Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.
• Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties;
• The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dainty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.