exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury | (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel |
easily broken or damaged or destroyed | freed from impurities by processing |
difficult to handle; requiring great tact | suggesting taste, ease, and wealth |
developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety | precise to a fine degree |
of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely | showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience |
marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique | |
easily hurt | |