DELICATE

Definition of DELICATE

  1. (adj)marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
  2. (adj)easily broken or damaged or destroyed
  3. (adj)easily hurt
  4. (adj)developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
  5. (adj)difficult to handle; requiring great tact
  6. (adj)of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
  7. (adj)exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury