Synonym: dainty, fine, fragile, frail, light, mild, sensitive, soft, tender. Antonym: coarse, crude, gross, indelicate, rude. Similar words: complicated, deliberately, application, publication, implication, dedicate, indicate, communicate. Meaning: ['delɪkət] 
adj. 1. exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury 2. marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique 3. easily broken or damaged or destroyed 4. easily hurt 5. developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety 6. difficult to handle; requiring great tact 7. of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely.
adj. 1. exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury 2. marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique 3. easily broken or damaged or destroyed 4. easily hurt 5. developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety 6. difficult to handle; requiring great tact 7. of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely. 
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61 She was physically delicate and psy-chologically unstable.
62 The rooms were decorated in delicate pastel shades.
63 We told her it was a delicate situation but she went into the meeting like a bull in a china shop.
64 On fair skin, pale shades are delicate enough not to overpower your colouring.
65 I wasn't sure how to approach the delicate matter of pay.
66 Their marriage is a delicate balance between traditional and contemporary values.
67 He had an encyclopedic command of the field of knowledge, and by a word or a phase, by delicate rapier thrust, he punctured them.
68 They have to tread the delicate path between informing children and boring them.
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69 It isn't their diplomatic style to commit themselves on such a delicate issue.
70 Edward III was in a delicate and unenviable position .
71 She's got a very delicate stomach and doesn't eat spicy food.
72 Put the plates gently on the table, they are very delicate.
73 She can't come pony trekking after all because she's in a delicate condition.
74 I need to speak to you about a rather delicate matter.
75 Delicate plants need to be kept in a greenhouse during the winter.
76 The children in the picture look delicate and otherworldly, as though they had never run or shouted.
77 Loud noise can damage the delicate membrane in the ear.
78 It's a rather delicate situation and you'll need a lot of tact to handle it.
79 The European members are afraid of upsetting the delicate balance of political interests.
80 The light of the setting sun tinges the buildings with delicate colours.
81 We chose a delicate floral pattern for our bedroom curtains.
82 His past experience qualified him to handle such a delicate matter.
83 My sister may look delicate, but give her a bowl of rice and she can really pack it away.
84 The feet are highly specialised structures made up of 26 small delicate bones.
85 Delicate plants must be protected from cold wind and frost.
86 When it comes to dealing with the delicate question,we have a tendency toward catastrophizing and awfulizing.
87 The sun can easily damage a child's delicate skin .
88 With his usual skill, the chairman zeroed in on the most delicate subject of our meeting.
89 I wasn't quite sure how to deal with the delicate subject of money.
90 The programme sets out to explode the myth that some delicate tropical fish are impossible to keep.
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