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

vaikea, hankala, arkaluonteinen, kiperä, tulenarka, arkaluontoinen, hienostunut, hiuksenhieno, melkein huomaamaton, arka, herkkä, tarkka.

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Käännökset

englanti

arkaluonteinen

herkkä

melkein huomaamaton

hauras

tarkka Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.

Those clothes are made from delicate lace.

The negotiations were very delicate.

F. W. Robertson
{{quote-journal
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)

Riimisanakirja

delicate rimmaa näiden kanssa:

aate, olympia-aate, osuustoiminta-aate, periaate, toimintaperiaate, yleisperiaate, määräämisperiaate, toimitusperiaate, julkisuusperiaate, kansallisuusperiaate

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Läheisiä sanoja

delegoida, delegointi, delfiini, delfinaario, delta, deltalihas

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