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Adjective
- of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
- almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments
- 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
- easily broken or damaged or destroyed
- a kite too delicate to fly safely
- marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
- a surgeon's delicate touch
- exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
- a delicate violin passage
- the delicate wing of a butterfly