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delicate::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | finespun |
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a delicate violin passage.
delicate china.
a delicate flavor.
the delicate wing of a butterfly.
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a surgeon's delicate touch.
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almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments.
Examples of delicate
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The blue crab has a delicate texture and sweet meat and is harvested year round.
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Cooks crave these delicate green harbingers because they require so little fuss.
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The testimony released on Monday puts the Spanish government in a delicate spot.
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Champagne is an exquisite drink, made with delicate precision and infinite care.
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Schiavone has the gift of delicate touch and Bartoli is trying to be less flaky.
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There is a delicate balance to remaining competitive and also being responsible.
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It's a delicate proposition-counterintuitive, presumptuous, heady, unreasonable.
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His intrusion in the delicate bargaining caused disruption rather than progress.
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Pastel blues are delicate, cool and refreshing, a natural choice for a bathroom.
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- Exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"
- Marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch"
- Easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
- Easily hurt; "soft hands"; "a baby's delicate skin"
- Finespun: developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"
- Difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"
- Delicate is the 8th studio album from Canadian New Wave band, Martha & The Muffins and was produced by David Bottrill. The first single off of the album was "Mess." This album would mark the return of them going back into the studio in 18 years.
- Soulcrusher is the debut album by American hard rock band Operator. The album sold over 110,000 copies and peaked at #14 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.
- "Delicate" is a song by Terence Trent D'Arby featuring Des'ree, released as a single in 1993. The song was written, arranged and produced by D'Arby.
