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difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers"; "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"

developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"

of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"

marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch"

difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers"; "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"

developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"

of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"

marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch"

Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

Pleasing to the senses; refinedly agreeable; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor.

Requiring careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question.

Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.

Nicely discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite; as, a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music.

A choice dainty; a delicacy.

A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.

Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful; as, a delicate creature.

Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; - said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton.

Slight or smooth; light and yielding; - said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk.

Soft and fair; - said of the skin or a surface; as, a delicate cheek; a delicate complexion.

Light, or softly tinted; - said of a color; as, a delicate blue.

Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; - said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness.

Tender; not able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; - said of constitution, health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate health.

Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

Pleasing to the senses; refinedly agreeable; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor.

Requiring careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question.

Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.

Nicely discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite; as, a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music.

A choice dainty; a delicacy.

A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.

Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful; as, a delicate creature.

Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; - said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton.

Slight or smooth; light and yielding; - said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk.

Soft and fair; - said of the skin or a surface; as, a delicate cheek; a delicate complexion.

Light, or softly tinted; - said of a color; as, a delicate blue.

Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; - said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness.

Tender; not able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; - said of constitution, health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate health.

Pleasing to the taste; as, a delicate flavor; tender; refined; as, delicate attentions; physically frail; sensitive.

Delicately.

Delicately.

Fine and light; daintily pleasing; finely wrought; tender; frail; fragile.

Refined; pure; chaste; dainty; sensitive.

Delicateness.

Of feeble resisting power.

Pleasing to the senses, esp. the taste: dainty: nicely discriminating or perceptive: of a fine, slight texture or constitution: tender, frail: requiring nice handling: refined in manners, gentle, polite, considerate.

Pleasing to the senses; dainty; refined; finely wrought; frail; requiring nice handling.

Pleasing to a nicely discriminating sense; dainty; requiring fineness of sense to distinguish; nice; fine; soft; slender; of a fine texture; nice in perception; implying nice sensibility, or refined; highly susceptible of injury; tender; to be handled with caution.

Soft; smooth; of a fine texture; nice or pleasing to the taste; nice and discriminating in the perception of beauty or deformity; fine; slender; that must be tended or handled with care; effeminate; not able to endure hardship; feeble; scrupulously polite and considerate in attending to the wishes and feelings of others.

Fine, consisting of small parts; pleasing to the eye; nice, pleasing to the taste; dainty; choice, select; gentle of manners; soft, effeminate; pure, clear.