Dictionary Check: delicate
"delicate" is a valid word!
Scrabble
11
points
Words with Friends
13
points
Definition
adjective
exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
Example:
"a delicate violin passage"
adjective
marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
Example:
"a surgeon's delicate touch"
adjective
easily broken or damaged or destroyed
Example:
"a kite too delicate to fly safely"
adjective
easily hurt
Example:
"soft hands"
adjective
developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
Example:
"the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"
adjective
difficult to handle; requiring great tact
Example:
"delicate negotiations with the big powers"
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