The Clue
Fine (8 letter answer)
The Answer
DELICATE
Tags
Notes
The answer DELICATE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2900 puzzles.
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Definition
DELICATE as an adjective:
1. exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"
2. marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch"
3. (delicate, fragile, frail) = easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
4. (delicate, soft) = easily hurt; "soft hands"; "a baby's delicate skin"
5. (finespun, delicate) = developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"
6. (delicate, ticklish, touchy) = difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"
7. of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"