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Delicate

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Definitions for Delicate

adjective
exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing
Examples
  1. susceptible to injury
  2. a delicate violin passage
  3. delicate china
  4. a delicate flavor
  5. the delicate wing of a butterfly
adjective
marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
Examples
  1. a surgeon's delicate touch
adjective
easily broken or damaged or destroyed
Synonyms
fragile frail
Examples
  1. a kite too delicate to fly safely
  2. fragile porcelain plates
  3. fragile old bones
  4. a frail craft
adjective
easily hurt
Synonyms
soft
Examples
  1. soft hands
  2. a baby's delicate skin
adjective
developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
Synonyms
finespun
Examples
  1. the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense
adjective
difficult to handle
Synonyms
ticklish touchy
Examples
  1. requiring great tact
  2. delicate negotiations with the big powers
  3. hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter
  4. a touchy subject
adjective
of an instrument or device
Examples
  1. capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
  2. almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments

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