English Dictionary

lily-handed

形容詞

Characterised by a delicate and pale-skinned beauty. / Having hands that are white due to lack of outdoor work; Unaccustomed to physical labor. / Fastidious and foppish.

日本語の意味

繊細で青白い美しさをもつ、または屋内での生活が多いため手が白く、肉体労働に不慣れな様子を示す。 / 慎み深く、気取った印象を与える様子。

Despite her lily-handed appearance, she worked tirelessly in the garden from dawn until dusk.

彼女は色白で繊細な肌をしているように見えたが、夜明けから日没まで庭で休むことなく働いていた。

意味（1）

Characterised by a delicate and pale-skinned beauty.

For the sake of these lily-handed maidens so daintily occupied, to use the editor's words, and for their sakes alone, has he waded through so many pages of dense technicalities from Actinococcus to Wormskioldia.

意味（2）

Having hands that are white due to lack of outdoor work; Unaccustomed to physical labor.

“Let me see your passport,” said old Bill, “I mean your hand.” He was looking for the marks of toil. Alas, sometimes for a lily-handed parson!

意味（3）

Fastidious and foppish.

In fact he was a shallow-brained, lily-handed fop, and, as may be supposed, a great favorite with a certain class of ladies who mistake impertinence for wit, and fine clothes and affected manners for refinement and solid accomplishments.

more lily-handed （ comparative ）

most lily-handed （ superlative ）