delicately
娇滴滴地,巧妙地,娇艳地,娇嫩地
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Definitions
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- : fine in texture, quality, construction, etc.: a delicate lace collar.
- : fragile; easily damaged; frail: delicate porcelain; a delicate child.
- : so fine as to be scarcely perceptible; subtle: a delicate flavor.
- : soft or faint, as color: a delicate shade of pink.
- : fine or precise in action or execution; capable of responding to the slightest influence: a delicate instrument.
- : requiring great care, caution, or tact: a delicate international situation.
- : distinguishing subtle differences: a delicate eye; a delicate sense of smell.
- : exquisite or refined in perception or feeling; sensitive.
- : regardful of what is becoming, proper, etc.: a delicate sense of propriety.
- : mindful of or sensitive to the feelings of others: a delicate refusal.
- : dainty or choice, as food: delicate tidbits.
- : primly fastidious; squeamish: not a movie for the delicate viewer.
- : Obsolete. sensuous; voluptuous.
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- : Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
- : Obsolete. a source of pleasure; luxury.
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Examples
Our last option is made entirely of aluminum, inside and out, so it’s a great choice if you don’t want the pressure of taking care of delicate glass.
Seeking something that was “fresh yet delicate,” according to Gjerde, they landed on a cuvée comprised of 48% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir, and 12% Pinot Meunier.
In the podcast, I think iO walks a delicate line between journalism and inserting himself into the story, and he does it incredibly well!
It takes very little energy to break up pairs of electrons in a superconductor, and these pairs break up into free electrons, potentially leading to energy exchanges that can destroy the superconductor’s delicate state.
Such a delicate structure could have formed only through an equally delicate, gentle process.
The cheery 69-year-old father of eight sits in the center with his wife and delicately brandishes a small, brown book.
Then, as the car pulled away, he again began his slow movements with the girl delicately balanced on the hitching post.
PANKISI GORGE, Georgia—The mother of martyrs, a woman in her fifties, is delicately beautiful and visibly in pain.
This deft, delicately wrought story is Murakami at his best.
I just found it depressingly tone deaf for a show that typically handles these sensitive issues so delicately.
Portuguese snuff seemed to be in favor and was delicately perfumed.
He held the pin delicately between finger and thumb, and controlled her with his roguish eyes.
Here the tobacco plant attains its finest form and most delicately flavored leaves.
They that were fed delicately have died in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.
Now here is a lady, well educated and delicately nurtured, who is destitute of the common necessaries of life.