delicate
delicate
herkkä, hauras
hienotekoinen, siro
hienovarainen
(puhekielinen) (olo, etenkin krapulasta johtuva) heikko, hutera
Esimerkkejä delicate sanan käytöstä:
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
delicate
vaikea, hankala, arkaluonteinen, kiperä, tulenarka, arkaluontoinen, hienostunut, hiuksenhieno, melkein huomaamaton, arka, herkkä, tarkka.
Riimisanakirja: delicate
delicate rimmaa näiden kanssa:
aate, olympia-aate, osuustoiminta-aate, periaate, toimintaperiaate, yleisperiaate, määräämisperiaate, toimitusperiaate, julkisuusperiaate, kansallisuusperiaate...
Käännökset: delicate
delicate suomeksi
arkaluonteinen, herkkä, melkein huomaamaton, hauras, tarkka
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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Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
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
Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
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!''
puhekieltä A choice dainty; a delicacy.
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)