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

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