daintier

My head feels encircled by a band of iron, this despite that before leaving the Abbey, I replaced the heavy crown of my father with the far daintier diadem of gold studded with sapphires, rubies, and pearls that was made for my mother to wear at her own coronation.

Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

He is already cast against type: a surprising rendition of the tall, aggressive, neck-wrenching centre-forward, with his daintier skills, his aesthete's ponytail.

England's Andy Carroll is not the first with a thirst for success | Barney Ronay 2011

I have seen men enmeshed by a corset cover no prettier, no daintier, than these of yours I have seen on the line.

CHAPTER III 2010

My head feels encircled by a band of iron, this despite that before leaving the Abbey, I replaced the heavy crown of my father with the far daintier diadem of gold studded with sapphires, rubies, and pearls that was made for my mother to wear at her own coronation.

Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

She said `a pint` - that is, if I didn`t object to being seen with a female drinking a pint as opposed to a daintier measure.

In praise of … the pint | Editorial 2011

It taste a thousand times daintier than mine! btw: do you know how much milliliter is a cup?

Cream Cheese-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies | Baking Bites 2009

He called his new product Dairy Maid, changing the name to the "much daintier" Dairy Milk six weeks later on the advice of the daughter of the owner of a Plymouth confectionary shop, and it was a hit.

Chocolate Wars by Deborah Cadbury – review Rachel Cooke 2010

They have big, paw-like, meaty hands, even as toddlers, so different from my girl's daintier fingers.

Oh, Boy. kittenpie 2008

And unlike daintier cameras, this one never feels as if it 's going to slip out of your hands.

The Aspirational Point-and-Shoot 2010

Good examples are bronze fennels, yellow or whitemulleins, tall umbels like thegreen flowered Peucedanum verticillare, thalictrums such as 'Elin' with purple-tinted young foliage or the daintier T. delaveyii with froths of mauve flowers, and our good friend Verbena bonariensis rewarding you in late summer with electric mauve clusters.

Gardens: Planting in drifts Fergus Garrett 2010