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
delichon
— Noun
– English
～ a genus of Hirundinidae
delicious
— Adjective
– English
～ greatly pleasing or entertaining; "a delightful surprise"; "the comedy was delightful"; "a delicious joke"
delicious
— Adjective
– English
～ extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
delicious
— Noun
– English
～ variety of sweet eating apples
deliciously
— Adverb
– English
～ so as to produce a delightful taste; "I bought some more of these deliciously sweet peaches"
deliciously
— Adverb
– English
～ in a very pleasurable manner; "they were walking along the beach slowly and deliciously"
deliciousness
— Noun
– English
～ extreme appetizingness
delight
— Verb
– English
～ give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"
delight
— Verb
– English
～ take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter"