Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being delicate; tenderness; softness; effeminacy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being delicate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the characteristic of being
delicate ;fragility
Etymologies
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Examples
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 · 1. Teriyaki chicken with broccoli 2. Pashminas 3. Lunch with Knuckletoes and Saviabella 4. The delicateness of aphids 5. Tea
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His hands were big, calloused and thick, as opposed to his wife's father's delicateness.
Jesse's Violin 2009
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In my garden, as in my wardrobe, there are the pastel pinks that do give off a delicateness that obviously offends the author, but I frankly think of it as soothing to the eye.
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I tried, as only a young girl can, to live up to the delicateness of my name.
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The animal body is not apart from the beauty of the human soul any more than the fragrance and delicateness of the apple blossom, and the sweetness of the ripe apple, are separable from the earth and soil and sunlight from which they are created.
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I can assert that all the progressive damsels in this kind forum are beyond earthly beaitu and delicateness!
Think Progress » Coulter suggests Murtha should be murdered. 2006
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Adding to the delicateness of the issue for NBC is the fact that its parent company,
Beijing Continues Search for Balance on Olympic Beam Geoffrey A. Fowler, Stacy Meichtry 2008
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But now, as the waters nip my toes, we have not time for such delicateness.
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But now, as the waters nip my toes, we have not time for such delicateness.
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This delicateness was probably due to my rolling them out too thin.
Archive 2006-09-01 Brilynn 2006
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