English → Latin
“daintily” in Latin
dēlicātusalluring, charming, delightful; voluptuous; soft, tender, delicate; effeminate, spoilt with indulgencemollissoft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible, supple; mild, tenderbellusbeautiful, pretty, handsome; pleasant, agreeable, charmingvenustuscharming, friendly, lovely, pleasing, comely, beautiful, elegant; artistic, elegant; affable, elegant, charmingēlegānsfine, elegant, handsome; tasteful; fastidious, criticalnitidusshining, polished, glittering; handsome, beautiful, good-looking; healthy-looking, well conditionedlavōto wash, bathe; to wet, moistenfastīdiōsussqueamish; nauseating; disdainful, scornful
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
daintily adv.
delicate; molliter; belle; venuste; eleganter; nitide; laute; fastidiose.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for daintily?
- The usual Latin words for “daintily” are dēlicātus, mollis, bellus; also venustus, ēlegāns, nitidus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.