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the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features"

subtly skillful handling of a situation

smallness of stature

the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features"

subtly skillful handling of a situation

smallness of stature

Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame.

Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness; delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action.

Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment.

Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.

The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance.

Pleasure; gratification; delight.

Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame.

Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness; delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action.

Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment.

Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.

The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance.

Pleasure; gratification; delight.

The state or quality of being agreeable to the taste or other senses; a luxury; grace; sensitiveness; refinement; sensibility; consideration for the feelings of others; sensitiveness to disease.

State or quality of being delicate: anything delicate or dainty.

Quality of being delicate; anything delicate or dainty.

Fineness; daintiness; sensitiveness; fragility.

A luxury; dainty.

Refinement; fastidiousness; nicety.

The state of being delicate; anything delicate to the taste.

Fineness of texture; a thing dainty and pleasant to the taste; elegance of feminine beauty in form or dress; a nice propriety in civility or politeness, proceeding from a desire to please; tenderness or consideration; tenderness of constitution; weakness.

n. [French] State of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses;—fineness of form, texture, or constitution; hence, frailty or weakness;—propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; hence, effeminacy;—addiction to pleasure; self-indulgence;—refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness;—something pleasant to the senses, especially to the sense of taste; a dainty.

Daintiness, niceness in eating; any thing highly pleasing to the senses; softness; nicety; politeness; indulgence; tenderness, scrupulousness; weakness of constitution.