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delicateness
del·i·cate D0111300 (dĕl′ĭ-kĭt)adj.1. Pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way: a delicate flavor; a delicate violin passage.2. a. Easily broken or damaged: a kite too delicate to fly.b. Exquisitely fine or dainty: delicate china. See Synonyms at exquisite.c. Frail in constitution or health.3. a. Marked by sensitivity of discrimination: a critic's delicate perception.b. Very subtle in difference or distinction.4. a. Having or showing great consideration or care: delicate remarks concerning the scandal.b. Requiring careful or tactful treatment: a delicate situation.5. Fine or soft in touch or skill: a surgeon's delicate touch.6. Measuring, indicating, or responding to very small changes; precise: a delicate set of scales. [Middle English delicat and French délicat, both from Latin dēlicātus, pleasing; akin to dēlicia, pleasure; see delicious.] del′i·cate·ly adv.del′i·cate·ness n.ThesaurusdelicatenessnounThe condition of being infirm or physically weak:debility, decrepitude, delicacy, feebleness, flimsiness, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, insubstantiality, puniness, unsoundness, unsubstantiality, weakliness, weakness.TranslationsMedicalSeedelicatedelicateness
Synonyms for delicatenessnoun the condition of being infirm or physically weakSynonyms- debility
- decrepitude
- delicacy
- feebleness
- flimsiness
- fragileness
- fragility
- frailness
- frailty
- infirmity
- insubstantiality
- puniness
- unsoundness
- unsubstantiality
- weakliness
- weakness
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