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Adjective: delicate delikut- Exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
"a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavour"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly" - Easily broken or damaged or destroyed
"a kite too delicate to fly safely" - fragile, frail - Marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
"a surgeon's delicate touch" - Easily hurt
"a baby's delicate skin" - soft - Developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
- finespun - Difficult to handle; requiring great tact
"delicate negotiations with the big powers" - ticklish, touchy - Of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
"almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"
See also: breakable, dainty, delicately, difficult, ethereal, exquisite, fragile, frail, gossamer, hard, light-handed, overdelicate, pastel, refined, sensitive, skilled, strength, tender, untoughened, weak Antonym: rugged Encyclopedia: Delicate |