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delicate

/'dɛləkɪt/

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adjective
difficult to handle; requiring great tact
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"delicate negotiations with the big powers"

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ticklish touchy hard difficult
adjective
easily broken or damaged or destroyed
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"a kite too delicate to fly safely"

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fragile frail breakable
adjective
easily hurt
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"a baby's delicate skin"

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soft untoughened tender
adjective
developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
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finespun refined
adjective
exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
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"a delicate violin passage" "delicate china" "a delicate flavor" "the delicate wing of a butterfly"

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fragile light-handed overdelicate pastel exquisite gossamer tender dainty ethereal

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

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

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sensitive

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