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Meanings of touchy in inglês
Sinônimos
Examples for "delicate"
Examples for "delicate"
1
I thought for a moment on how to answer Evon's delicate question.
2
The delicate manoeuvres necessary to pilot through change simply take too long.
3
In Greece's increasingly tense political environment the politics of food is delicate.
4
I asked, sort of a delicate way of not answering her question.
5
The event was a sign of the delicate power balance in Iraq.
1
These royalists are in a ticklish position; I can tell her that.
2
You're not ticklish, are you? He pulled himself forward hand over hand.
3
It was a ticklish job, saddling the pony for the first time.
4
He was at the first obstacle, the foremost of several ticklish crossroads.
5
This also had been of help to them in several ticklish situations.
Usage of touchy in inglês
1
Unfortunately, Laura had brought up what apparently was a very touchy subject.
2
It's the touchy-feely bit that the agency will need to consider seriously.
3
Quinn wasn't good at touchy-feely, especially in the middle of a trial.
4
And tackling touchy events doesn't have to have a long historical context.
5
Artists were so touchy-feely-itwas impossible to tell what they actually meant.
6
The Nablus bloodshed was especially touchy for Abbas given the Fatah connection.
7
But now it was banks, who were notoriously touchy on the subject.
8
That's where the millionaires come in, raising the touchy issue of pay-for-play.
9
Complicating matters further is that it is potentially a very touchy subject.
10
Corporate tax is an increasingly touchy topic as indebted governments cut budgets.
11
This was touchy stuff, asking a journalist to divulge information before publication.
12
It is naturally something of a touchy topic between them, Trudy's Project.
13
If the data bankers think it's too touchy, they'll quit the search.
14
Thomas still didn't understand why she was being so touchy with him.
15
You know, Robert, the thing about fireworks is that they're touchy, unpredictable.
16
But a Pathan is always touchy about matters of honour and horseflesh.
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Touchy across language varieties
United States of America
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United Kingdom
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