Adjective : a delicate lace collar. ,delicate porcelain; a delicate child. ,a delicate flavor. ,a delicate shade of pink. ,a delicate instrument. ,a delicate international situation. ,a delicate eye; a delicate sense of smell. ,a delicate sense of propriety. ,a delicate refusal. ,delicate tidbits. ,not a movie for the delicate viewer. From Dictionary.com.
Cabbage treated delicately is as sweet and attractive as green peas. From Wordnik.com. [Charmian London's Recipe For Corned Beef and Cabbage] Reference
He tasted the name delicately if inaccurately, finding it strange on his tongue. From Wordnik.com. [The Virgin In The Ice]
` And that acquaintanceship, 'he stressed the word delicately, ` gave rise to the challenge you accepted yesterday?'. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Honour]
His higher dignity as an apostle is herein delicately implied, as eye-witnessing was a necessary qualification for apostleship: compare. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Russia-born illustrator Yulia Brodskaya creates beautiful type treatments in delicately cut and curled three-dimensional paper sculptures. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
Yamamoto's name delicately emblazoned in white lets everyone know that Y-3 Boxing Shoes are no ordinary adidas sneaker. From Wordnik.com. [AskMen.com - HOME PAGE] Reference
He by this phrase delicately reminds them of their having heard from himself, and probably from others subsequently, the fact. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
I DID see it here later, but it was CPT H JMH who first drew my attention to it, as he so "delicately" informed me by email. From Wordnik.com. [A Canadian soldier in Iraq] Reference
Mrs. Kame had proposed herself -- again the word "delicately" must be used. From Wordnik.com. [A Modern Chronicle — Volume 07] Reference
It's like the dogs were "delicately" knocking people over and scratching and nipping at them. From Wordnik.com. [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference
Mrs. Kame had proposed herself -- again the word "delicately" must be used -- for one of Honora's first house-parties. From Wordnik.com. [A Modern Chronicle — Complete] Reference
(ok, worded more 'delicately', but you get the idea). From Wordnik.com. [Secrets of a Blue-Eyed Vixen] Reference
The U.S. executive branch is capable of moving delicately. From Wordnik.com. [Asia's Rocky Romance] Reference
The rescue of East Timor is delicately called a "peacekeeping mission.". From Wordnik.com. [Marching Into A Trap?] Reference
Yes, delicately -- the touch of the artist's hand on the surface is delicious. From Wordnik.com. [Pop Art's Poppa] Reference
Consider the big issue of Kosovo's "final status," as diplomats delicately call it. From Wordnik.com. [The Dangers Of Drift] Reference
The surgeon delicately removed shards of skull before sewing the scalp together again. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
No matter how strange a person is, Mitchell's treatment is always delicately respectful. From Wordnik.com. [The Paragon Of Reporters] Reference
Goldsmith, author of the best-selling "" The First Wives Club, '' shades nothing delicately. From Wordnik.com. [Biting The Hand] Reference
While there, he engaged in what the Pushkin catalog delicately terms "successful bank operations.". From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Hoard] Reference
And Clinton was careful not to offend his hosts, dancing delicately around the issue of human rights. From Wordnik.com. [Old Foes, New Fans] Reference
But the dunes are cut into perfect rectangles and the flower seeds have been delicately sown by dreams. From Wordnik.com. [Gods Are In The Details] Reference
Last year Stringer delicately sounded out NBC sources to see just how disaffected Letterman had become. From Wordnik.com. [Exit Laughing] Reference
Though outspoken and opinionated, Sheikha Mozha delicately sidesteps commenting on American actions in Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Clinton, Stand Back] Reference
On every step of the pontiff's journey he had to delicately navigate ancient enmities between and within faiths. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey Of Politics And Religion] Reference
An official delicately acknowledged "the freedom of choice issue, which has been made clear in the past few days.". From Wordnik.com. [The Politics Of Bitter Vigilance] Reference
This, even though the last word of the title had been changed in translation, rather delicately, to "Sweethearts.". From Wordnik.com. [Unreality Check] Reference
The book is chock-full of delicately profound insights into work, money, love and the search for a life that matters. From Wordnik.com. [Turn Off The Computer, Turn A Page] Reference
Geoffrey Rush says with a gleam in his eye, as he bites delicately into a little foie gras ravioli in chestnut broth. From Wordnik.com. [A Role He Can Feast On] Reference
So when bin Laden released a tape late in the last election — in October 2004 — the White House handled it delicately. From Wordnik.com. [Bin Laden’s Bounce] Reference
It was early Saturday morning, just 12 days after surgeons had delicately removed Ellin Klor's splinter and stitched her up. From Wordnik.com. [What It Takes To Survive] Reference
Don't miss the spicy koftas, the delicately honeyed konefa pastries and the beautiful sand-oven-baked breads, a local specialty. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Life] Reference
But I was thrilled to learn that in spite of that "little problem," as my instructor delicately put it, my track time was improving. From Wordnik.com. [Life In The Fastest Lane] Reference
At that time, Mondrian himself had progressed from delicately gray river scenes to flattened, fauvist paintings of dunes by the sea. From Wordnik.com. [When Less Was More] Reference
Many years later, as he began to fail, Field met with one of his younger colleagues, who delicately reminded him of the earlier visit. From Wordnik.com. [A Great Original's Lives At The Law] Reference
Chan's challenge now is to delicately integrate the Wal-Mart way into Trust-Mart, a downscale chain most known for its rock-bottom prices. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Wal-Mart Of China] Reference
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