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What Does Daintily Mean? adverb. in a way that shows fine or delicate manners or tastes: She’d been nibbling daintily on a sparerib; now she dabbed her lips with a napkin. with particular care to avoid soiling, spilling, damage, etc.; fastidiously: We piled our trash daintily atop overfilled garbage cans. What is a petulant child?