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DAINTY
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Traducere în limba română
dainty I. adjectiv
1. fin, elegant, ales; gingaş.
2. elegant, pus la punct.
3. (despre mâncăruri) gustos, ales.
4. splendid frumos (şi peior.);
dainty day o zi minunată.
5. cu simţuri / gusturi alese.
6. pretenţios, greu de mulţumit; scrupulos; ceremonios.
7. susceptibl.
8. plăpând, slab; plin de feminitate.
dainty II. substantiv
1. obiect / prilej de încântare.
2. mâncare aleasă; plural delicatese; dulciuri, zaharicale.
3. (înv.) valoare, excelenţă.
4. (înv.) comoară, dragoste;
my dainty! comoara mea!
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
The lodge which stood by the Brighton Road was so dainty with its trellis-work and its rose bushes that I was not the only visitor who declared that I had rather be the owner of it than of the great house amongst the trees.
(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Indeed, my lord, I do so strive,” said Alleyne; “but she is so sweet, so dainty, and of so noble a spirit, that I fear me that I shall never be worthy of her.”
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There was nothing that I could see to distinguish him from any professional driver, save that he was chatting very freely with a dainty little woman who was perched on the box beside him.
(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)