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Spell Bee Word: Dainty


What does dainty mean?

Word: Dainty

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Dainty means small, neat and pretty in a delicate way. A dainty eater takes small, careful bites.

Synonyms: delicate, graceful, neat

Antonyms: heavy

How do you spell dainty?

Syllables: dain - ty

Tricky part: The long a sound is written ai. Some children write denty or daynty.

Watch out for: daynty, denty, dainti

Memory tip: Dainty has the ai of paint. Picture a dainty flower painted on a cup: p-AI-nt, d-AI-nty.

Dainty in a sentence

Example 1: The bride wore dainty silver anklets.

Example 2: My little cousin took dainty bites of her laddoo.

Example 3: The cups in Grandma's cupboard have dainty pink roses on them.

Fun Fact

Dainty goes back through old French to the Latin word dignitas, which meant worth.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

dainty

a) clumsy
b) tiny
c) quiet
d) tidy

Show answer

a) clumsy. Dainty things are neat and light; clumsy things are awkward and heavy.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) graceful
b) elegant
c) slender
d) daintey

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d) daintey. Graceful, slender and elegant are spelt correctly; daintey has a letter too many.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

daintty

a) y
b) i
c) n
d) t

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d) t. Dainty has only one t.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ytnadi

a) daityn
b) dainty
c) dainyt
d) daitny

Show answer

b) dainty. Keep the ai together after d, then sound out the rest: dain, then ty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grandma keeps one dainty thing in her glass cupboard. It is probably ____.

a) a tiny china bird
b) a big garden rock
c) a muddy cricket boot
d) a heavy iron pan

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a) a tiny china bird

2. The dancer moved across the stage with dainty steps. Her steps were ____.

a) big and stamping
b) light and neat
c) loud and heavy
d) slow and tired

Show answer

b) light and neat

Associated Words

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