delicate

Definition

Examples

Please handle the delicate glassware carefully when you pack the boxes.

Word Family

Synonyms

• fragileeasily broken or damaged or destroyed
• subtledifficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

Collocations

• Easy delicate glassware handled with care
  describing delicate glassware handled with care (exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury)
• Medium delicate negotiations underway
  describing delicate negotiations underway (exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury)
• Hard strike a delicate balance between goals
  to strike a delicate balance between goals, meaning to deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
• Very Hard handle a politically delicate predicament
  to manage, deal with, or operate regarding a politically delicate predicament