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Meaning of delicate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  delicate
      adj 1: exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to
             injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a
             delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"
             [ant: {rugged}]
      2: marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a
         surgeon's delicate touch"
      3: easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate
         to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old
         bones"; "a frail craft" [syn: {delicate}, {fragile}, {frail}]
      4: easily hurt; "soft hands"; "a baby's delicate skin" [syn:
         {delicate}, {soft}]
      5: developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire
         touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"
         [syn: {finespun}, {delicate}]
      6: difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate
         negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit
         on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject" [syn:
         {delicate}, {ticklish}, {touchy}]
      7: of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute
         differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with
         even the most delicate instruments"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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