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| del·i·ca·cy [ déllikəssee ] (plural del·i·ca·cies) |
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1. something nice to eat: a delicious, rare, or highly prized item of food
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2. sensitivity: sensitivity to the feelings of others
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3. need for tact: the quality of requiring great tact or sensitivity
  a matter of extreme delicacy
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4. great sensitivity in feelings: excessive sensitivity with regard to something offensive or embarrassing
his delicacy on matters of a medical nature
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5. subtlety and refinement: pleasing subtlety in something such as taste, smell, or color
the delicacy of her perfume
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6. fineness: fineness and subtlety of feeling, observation, or execution
the delicacy of the brushwork in his later paintings
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7. fragility: the quality of being easily damaged or broken
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8. lack of physical strength: lack of physical strength or health
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9. sensitivity of response in equipment: sensitivity in the way something such as scientific equipment or a musical instrument responds to use
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