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daintiness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of daintiness

the state or quality of having a delicate structure

  • we were less impressed by the daintiness of the etching on the crystal vase than by the heftiness of its price
Synonyms of daintiness

delicacy, exquisiteness, fineness, fragility, frangibility
Words Related to daintiness

diaphanousness, flimsiness, insubstantiality, wispiness

brittleness, crumbliness, friability
Near Antonyms of daintiness

firmness, solidity

strength
Antonyms of daintiness

coarseness, crudeness, crudity, roughness, rudeness

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