🇬🇧 en fi 🇫🇮

delicate adjective

  /ˈdel.ɪ.kɪt/ , /ˈdɛl.ə.kɪt/ , /ˈdɛl.ɪ.kət/ , /ˈdɛl.ɪ.kɪt/
  • Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
 hauras, arkaluonteinen
  • Intended for use with fragile items.
 hellävarainen
  • Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
 herkkä
  • Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
  • Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
 herkkä, tarkka
  • Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.
 herkullinen, hienostunut
  • Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
 hienorakenteinen
  • Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
 hienostunut, tarkka
  • Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
 hienotunteinen, hienovarainen
  • Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
 ihana, ihastuttava
  • (informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
 liikuttunut

delicately adverb

  /ˈdɛlɪkətli/
  • In a delicate manner; exquisitely.
 herkästi

delicateness noun

  • the characteristic of being delicate; fragility
 herkkyys
Wiktionary Links