Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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delicate | No | Yes | No | No |
gossamer | Yes | Yes | No | No |
delicate (noun) | gossamer (noun) |
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a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture | |
filaments from a web that was spun by a spider |
delicate (adjective) | gossamer (adjective) |
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exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury | characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy |
easily broken or damaged or destroyed | so thin as to transmit light |
difficult to handle; requiring great tact | |
developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety | |
of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely | |
marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique | |
easily hurt |