daintiness

In fact the mud is far too dense for daintiness.

Another quality that seems more prevalent in black than white art is a certain technical daintiness.

Please God all the boys, her contemporaries, were kept hard at it, and never noticed such daintiness.

He bent his head then, and washed a paw with great daintiness.

"You have a great instinct for personal daintiness," Chester said tactfully.

"None," she admitted, picking up her fork with properly bred daintiness.

One is its daintiness, recognizable even by those who never expected to see any redeeming qualities in a worm.

There is a delicacy about him, a daintiness, that seems at odds with the brash, booming city outside.

The daintiness of the movement startled me.

Striding out with a peculiar daintiness, they seemed merely to brush the surface of the desert.

It was all a world whose ghastly daintiness and propriety would normally have sickened him.

Exuberance vanished, and a coerced daintiness took its place.

Maltese are another example of very robust daintiness.

Cloud of Spruce could put up a solid banquet, but this alluring daintiness was something new.

With surprising daintiness, the gorilla lifted the apple and began inspecting it closely.

The flowers are held well above the foliage; although not a small plant, the overall impression is one of daintiness and airiness.

This girl-for surely she can be no more than sixteen-has had daintiness thrust upon her.

Despite the daintiness of her stature, her upper arm felt firm and well-muscled.

With incredible daintiness, the machine stepped as lightly as a cat across the brook.

Her daintiness put him to shame.

Even the usual meal can verge on excessive subtlety and daintiness, leaving you hungry two hours later despite all the money you've spent.

She held up a blackish fibrous mass between two fingers, a parody of daintiness through all that armor.

Everywhere he went with the child people exclaimed over her, admired her beauty and her daintiness.

He did not seem capable of moving without a daintiness, a delicacy borne of his new feminine appearance.

He described her as a "regal brunette who has classic features and the daintiness of Dresden porcelain."