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Dainty

/dˈeɪnti/
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(adj) Elegant; delicately small and pretty.

Few boys are dainty about their food.
Her extremely short and rather shabby skirt revealed a pair of uncommonly dainty ankles.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Few boys are ____ about their food.

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