delicate

(a) exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
- a delicate violin passage
- delicate china
- a delicate flavor
- the delicate wing of a butterfly
(s) marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
- a surgeon's delicate touch
(s) easily broken or damaged or destroyed
- a kite too delicate to fly safely
- fragile porcelain plates
- fragile old bones
- a frail craft
fragile, frail,
(s) easily hurt
- soft hands
- a baby's delicate skin
soft,
(s) developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
- the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense
finespun,
(s) difficult to handle; requiring great tact
- delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter
- a touchy subject
ticklish, touchy,
(s) of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
- almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments

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