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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91 I've never known him to put a foot wrong, no matter how delicate the issue.
92 I was engaged in the delicate task of clipping the dog's claws.
93 It's a very delicate situation and I've no wish to antagonize him.
94 She had been a delicate child and her parents had treated her as an invalid.
95 Only a very delicate thermometer can measure such tiny changes in temperature.
96 If used on delicate skin, this cream may produce a stinging sensation.
97 Weather-forecasters have extremely delicate equipment which helps them predict what the weather is going to be like.
98 Young haricot beans have a tender texture and a delicate, subtle flavour.http://Sentencedict.com
99 The UN must perform a delicate balancing act between the different sides in the conflict.
100 This is a very delicate situation and it needs to be handled sensitively.
101 Until now, the Americans have been playing a very delicate political game.
102 Recruiting suitable candidates is a delicate business.
103 He saw her white, delicate hands.
104 Her delicate hands began to shake.
105 A blur of fair hair, a delicate face, young.
106 This delicate balance had to be maintained.
107 For these folks, temperature control is a delicate balance.
108 Just the waves and woods, a delicate in-and-out breathing.
109 This is a delicate balance to strike.
110 Lavender has a delicate fragrance.
111 Here we come to a delicate area.
112 Her eyes were huge and green and almond shaped, surprisingly catlike in her delicate face.
113 To freshen the palate we finished with summer fruits in a delicate sugar basket with a strawberry coulis - a mouthwatering combination.
114 The air was delicate and there was a complete, absolute silence.
115 Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself. Rodney Dangerfield 
116 He had large dark eyes, like pears set in port wine aspic, deep pools in a thin, delicate face.
117 Fortunately, we're more alive to the dangers inherent in the bruising of delicate psyches.
118 He has a delicate face, like a woman's, and his eyes are dark.
119 Yet the caress of his meaning was delicate as the first green fronds of spring.
120 Soccer is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys. Oscar Wilde
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