delicate Meaning and Definition

1. a. exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury

2. s. easily broken or damaged or destroyed

3. s. difficult to handle; requiring great tact

4. s. developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety

5. s. of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely

6. s. marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique

7. s. easily hurt