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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)

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