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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | delicate | Exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing |
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| 2 | delicate | Marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique | |
| 3 | delicate, fragile, frail | Easily broken or damaged or destroyed | |
| 4 | delicate, soft | Easily hurt | |
| 5 | delicate, finespun | Developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety | |
| 6 | delicate, ticklish, touchy | Difficult to handle | |
| 7 | delicate | Of an instrument or device |
| Sounds | deh'lahkaht |
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| Rhymes | abbot, abut, accredit, and 364 more rhymes in aht... |
| Meaning | Exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing. Susceptible to injury. |
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| Examples | "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly" |
| Contrary | rugged |
| Similar | dainty, exquisite; ethereal, gossamer; fragile; half-hardy; light-handed; overdelicate; pastel; subtle; tender |
| See also | breakable; frail; weak |
| Attribute of | strength |
| Adverbs | delicately |
| Meaning | Marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique. |
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| Examples | "a surgeon's delicate touch" |
| Similar to | skilled |
| Meaning | Easily broken or damaged or destroyed. |
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| Examples | "a kite too delicate to fly safely" |
| Synonyms | fragile, frail |
| Similar to | breakable |
| Meaning | Easily hurt. |
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| Examples | "a baby's delicate skin" |
| Synonyms | soft |
| Similar to | tender, untoughened |
| Meaning | Developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety. |
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| Synonyms | finespun |
| Similar to | refined |
| Meaning | Difficult to handle. Requiring great tact. |
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| Examples | "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter" |
| Synonyms | ticklish, touchy |
| Similar to | difficult, hard |
| Meaning | Of an instrument or device. Capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely. |
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| Examples | "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments" |
| Similar to | sensitive |
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