Open English Wordnet
Adjectives
(a)delicateexquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury“a delicate violin passage”,
“delicate china”,
“a delicate flavor”,
“the delicate wing of a butterfly” (s)delicatemarked by great skill especially in meticulous technique“a surgeon's delicate touch” (s)delicate, fragile, fraileasily broken or damaged or destroyed“a kite too delicate to fly safely”,
“fragile porcelain plates”,
“fragile old bones”,
“a frail craft” (s)delicate, softeasily hurt“soft hands”,
“a baby's delicate skin” (s)finespun, delicatedeveloped with extreme delicacy and subtlety“the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense” (s)delicate, ticklish, touchydifficult to handle; requiring great tact“delicate negotiations with the big powers”,
“hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter”,
“a touchy subject” (s)delicateof an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely“almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments”