delicate
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
- definition marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
- definition easily broken or damaged or destroyed
- definition easily hurt
- definition developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
- definition difficult to handle; requiring great tact
- definition of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely