delicacy
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Delicacy mixes with pungency, courtesy a veteran Ivesian.
From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2020
Delicacy and sweetness are supplicating, but true fury is profound.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 15, 2018
Delicacy, as you know, doesn’t always survive the cut and thrust of moviemaking.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2016
Austin’s plans centered on that red-and-white heifer, named Delicacy, whom he first saw at an auction not far from his farm.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2015
Delicacy toward her daughter prevented Mrs. Lynn from treating him with the indignation she felt; and Jane, calm and self-possessed, seemed to have overcome every feeling of the past.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 by Various
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Power Suffix: -acy
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