Delicate
[adj] exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"
[adj] easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
[adj] difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers"; "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"
[adj] developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"
[adj] of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"
[adj] marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch"
[adj] easily hurt; "soft hands"; "a baby's delicate skin"
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Synonyms
dainty, difficult, ethereal, exquisite, finespun, fragile, gossamer, half-hardy, hard, light-handed, overdelicate, pastel, refined, sensitive, skilled, soft, subtle, tender, ticklish, untoughened
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