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Meanings of so delicate in English

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Usage of so delicate in English
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The following recipe is simpler than the preceding, but not so delicate.
The Italian Cook Book / The Art of Eating Well; Practical Recipe...
2
But it would be ridiculous to treat lightly so delicate a subject.
The Physiology of Marriage, Part 2
3
It made it sound so gentle, so delicate, not malignant at all.
The Irish Times
4
She had a delightful sense of humour-sosweet, so delicate, so vivid.
Memories and Anecdotes
5
What man has an ear so delicate as to hear such music?
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volumes 1-6. / The Songs of Scotla...
6
And with father being so delicate too, and often awake at night!'
Grandmother Dear: A Book for Boys and Girls
7
And then the colour, so rich and so delicate at the same time.
Elinor Wyllys; Or, The Young Folk of Longbridge: A Tale. Volume ...
8
But so delicate a body is the very humble servant of the soul.
The Hated Son
9
I would have thought the cold too unpleasant for so delicate a people.
Arthas: rise of the lich king
10
For one in so delicate a position he was exceedingly cool.
Sister Carrie: A Novel
11
These tentacula were so delicate that at the slightest touch they fell off.
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Weste...
12
He thinks, he cannot be so delicate, if he has lived so long.
Wolf hall
13
That moss is so soft, and the ferns are so delicate.
What's Bred in the Bone
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The colours are so delicate that the picture is almost monochrome.
The Guardian
15
You have taken Agatha out on the terrace, and she is so delicate.
Public Speaking
16
Yet I did not see how I could introduce a subject so delicate.
Who Goes There? / The Story of a Spy in the Civil War
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So delicate through the time
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