A ballerina's quick, perfect steps? An antique porcelain teacup? A tiny sentence etched inside a silver locket? All of these have delicacy, or fineness that comes from being light, beautiful, or small.
The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness;
Noun
lightness in movement or manner
Noun
the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features"
Noun
subtly skillful handling of a situation
Noun
lack of physical strength
Noun
smallness of stature
Noun
refined taste; tact
Noun
something considered choice to eat
a.
The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness
to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the
like.
a.
Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution;
softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or
weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand
or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame.
a.
Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or
tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an
exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great delicacy of behavior; delicacy
in doing a kindness; delicacy of character that unfits for earnest
action.
a.
Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence;
luxurious or voluptuous treatment.
a.
Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical
niceness; fastidious accuracy.
a.
The state of being affected by slight causes;
sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance.
a.
That which is alluring, delicate, or refined; a luxury or
pleasure; something pleasant to the senses, especially to the sense of
taste; a dainty; as, delicacies of the table.
a.
Pleasure; gratification; delight.
Delicacy
What choice to choose for delicacy best.2.
You know your mother's delicacy in this point.4.
And to those dainty limbs which Nature lent For gentle usage and soft delicacy?5.
That Augustan delicacy of taste which is the boast of the great public schools of England.6.
The merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.8.
He Rome brent for his delicacie.
The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness;
Usage Examples
The English light is so very subtle, so very soft and misty, that the architecture responded with great delicacy of detail.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe best translations cannot convey to us the strength and exquisite delicacy of thought in its native garb, and he to whom such books are shut flounders about in outer darkness.
Such lovely warmth of thought and delicacy of colour are beyond all praise, and equally beyond all thanks!
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