delicacy
— Noun
– English
~ something considered choice to eat
delicate
— Adjective
– English
~ difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers"; "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"
delicate
— Adjective
– English
~ easily hurt; "soft hands"; "a baby's delicate skin"
delicate
— Adjective
– English
~ of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"
delicate
— Adjective
– English
~ developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"
delicate
— Adjective
– English
~ easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
delicate
— Adjective
– English
~ exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"
delicate
— Adjective
– English
~ marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch"
delicately
— Adverb
– English
~ in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body"
delicatessen
— Noun
– English
~ ready-to-eat food products
delicatessen
— Noun
– English
~ a shop selling ready-to-eat food products