delicacy

• The greater my delicacy was the greater became my distress. —  Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck
• M. de Stackelberg, who behaved to me with that noble delicacy which is so prominent a trait in his character, wrote by this courier for my passport, and assured me that within three weeks I might reckon on having an answer. —  Ten Years' Exile
• Dear Mr. Chorley,—I hope it will not be transgressing very much against the etiquette of journalism, or against the individual delicacy which is of more consequence to both of us, if I venture to thank you by one word for the pages which relate to me in your excellent article in the 'New Quarterly.' —  The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)
• "But as soon as I get back to India I shall be working in Kanya Kumari, the Southern most tip of India for 'Johhny Mastana' and I hope to carry my camera there to take proper photographs." satyam: your delicacy is appreciated by him, I am sure; as is your integrity by me in not passing over that film in silence … —  NAACHGAANA
• Her chief characteristic was delicacy--delicacy of health, delicacy of sentiment, delicacy of intellect--general delicacy, in fact, all over. —  Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters

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