Results for delicate
Definitions of delicate:
part of speech: adverb
Delicately.
part of speech: adjective
Soft; smooth; of a fine texture; nice or pleasing to the taste; nice and discriminating in the perception of beauty or deformity; fine; slender; that must be tended or handled with care; effeminate; not able to endure hardship; feeble; scrupulously polite and considerate in attending to the wishes and feelings of others.
part of speech: adjective
Pleasing to the taste; as, a delicate flavor; tender; refined; as, delicate attentions; physically frail; sensitive.
part of speech: adjective
Pleasing to the senses, esp. the taste: dainty: nicely discriminating or perceptive: of a fine, slight texture or constitution: tender, frail: requiring nice handling: refined in manners, gentle, polite, considerate.