Thesaurus / delicacy
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The latter work’s delicacy, typical of Yamaguchi’s style, is infused here with new urgency.
IN THE GALLERIES: IMAGES FOCUS ON THE FUTURE OF THE PLANETMARK JENKINSMAY 28, 2021WASHINGTON POSTFlowers, fruits, and insects were her favorite subjects, and were painted with rare delicacy.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENTI think that he had more virtuosity, and yet more delicacy of feeling, than either Rubinstein or Blow.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYThe officer, with less delicacy of attention to the supposed slumbers of an invalid, followed him.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERMany of these pipes are sculptured from the most obdurate stones and display great delicacy of workmanship.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.He evidently avoided taking a share in the discussion of his Transatlantic career, probably from delicacy to his English auditor.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSIt is reckoned a great delicacy, but, for my own part, I found its flesh rather dry.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERThis is what Kielland does, displaying in the doing of it, an uncommon delicacy of perception and accuracy of perspective.
SKIPPER WORSEALEXANDER LANGE KIELLANDThe charm of style, the delicacy of touch, and felicity of phrase, are in both cases preeminent.
SKIPPER WORSEALEXANDER LANGE KIELLANDThe Chinese esteem it as a great delicacy and mix it with fowl and vegetables.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.SYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 22, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO DELICACY
- bashfulness
- celibacy
- chastity
- constraint
- coyness
- decency
- delicacy
- demureness
- diffidence
- discreetness
- humbleness
- humility
- inhibition
- innocence
- lack of pretension
- meekness
- propriety
- prudery
- purity
- quietness
- reserve
- reticence
- self-effacement
- simplicity
- timidity
- unobtrusiveness
- unostentatiousness
- unpretentiousness
- virtue
- affliction
- ailing
- ailment
- confinement
- debilitation
- debility
- decay
- decrepitude
- defect
- deficiency
- delicacy
- delicateness
- disease
- diseasedness
- disorder
- failing
- fault
- feebleness
- flimsiness
- flu
- fragileness
- fragility
- frailness
- frailty
- ill health
- imperfection
- indisposition
- insubstantiality
- malady
- malaise
- shortcoming
- sickliness
- unhealth
- unhealthiness
- unsoundness
- unsubstantiality
- unwellness
- vulnerability
- weakliness
- weakness
- affability
- civility
- courtesy
- courtliness
- delicacy
- dignity
- discrimination
- elegance
- enlightenment
- erudition
- fastidiousness
- fine point
- fineness
- finesse
- finish
- gentility
- gentleness
- good breeding
- good manners
- grace
- graciousness
- knowledge
- lore
- nicety
- nuance
- polish
- politeness
- politesse
- precision
- sophistication
- style
- suavity
- subtlety
- tact
- taste
- urbanity
- bashfulness
- celibacy
- chastity
- constraint
- coyness
- decency
- delicacy
- demureness
- diffidence
- discreetness
- humbleness
- humility
- inhibition
- innocence
- lack of pretension
- meekness
- propriety
- prudery
- purity
- quietness
- reserve
- reticence
- simplicity
- timidity
- unobtrusiveness
- unostentatiousness
- unpretentiousness
- virtue
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