delicate
delicate
herkkä, hauras
hienotekoinen, siro
hienovarainen
(puhekielinen) (olo, etenkin krapulasta johtuva) heikko, hutera
Esimerkkejä:
Those clothes are delicate
The negotiations were very delicate
Her face was delicate
The spider wove a delicate web
There was a delicate pattern of frost on the window
Set the washing machine to the delicate cycle
Please dont speak so loudly - I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning
Liittyvät sanat: delicacy, delicately, delicious
Synonyymisanakirja
delicate
vaikea, hankala, arkaluonteinen, kiperä, tulenarka, arkaluontoinen, hienostunut, hiuksenhieno, melkein huomaamaton, arka, herkkä, tarkka.
Rimmaavat sanat
delicate rimmaa näiden kanssa:
aate, olympia-aate, osuustoiminta-aate, periaate, toimintaperiaate, yleisperiaate, määräämisperiaate, toimitusperiaate, julkisuusperiaate, kansallisuusperiaate...
Englannin sanakirja
delicate (englanti > suomi)
delicate englanniksi
Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
Those clothes are made from delicate lace.
The negotiations were very delicate.
F. W. Robertson
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Her face was delicate.
The spider wove a delicate web.
There was a delicate pattern of frost on the window.
intend Intended for use with fragile items.
Set the washing machine to the delicate cycle.
Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
delicate behaviour; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness
a delicate child; delicate health
Shakespeare
puhekieltä unwell Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
Please dont speak so loudly: I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning.''
puhekieltä Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
1360–1387, (w), (w) (C-text), http://piers.iath.virginia.edu/exist/piers/docs/C/P/9/scribal/ passus IX, line 285:
'''circa 1660', (w) (author), w:William Bray (antiquary)|William Bray (editor), w:John Evelyn's Diary|The Diary of John Evelyn'', volume I of II (1901), entry for the 19th of August in 1641, http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=2826399&pageno=29 page 29:
Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.
a delicate dish; delicate flavour
Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
'''circa 1603', (w), (w)'', act II, http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/othello/T23.html scene iii, lines 18 and 20–21:
Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
a delicate shade of blue
Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music
Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
a delicate thermometer
A delicate item of clothing, especially underwear or lingerie.
Dont put that in with your jeans: it's a delicate!''
With abstinence all delicates he sees. — Dryden.
puhekieltä A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.
All the vessels, then, which our delicates have, — those I mean that would seem to be more fine in their houses than their neighbours, — are only of the Corinth metal. — Holland.
(inflection of)
(ro-adj-form of)