delicate

• It is a capital example of the manner in which this composer writes in the small genre--delicate, refined and sensitive She has been highly successful in compositions in dance form, managing these without a suggestion of the trivial. —  The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players
• Even the delicate are then very apt to throw off their winter or spring clothing. —  The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886
• He would wake in the night and lie on elbow staring at her face in the moonlight,--delicate-skinned as a child's, that lovable, red-lipped mouth, those dear, blind eyes which sometimes gave him the illusion of seeing clearly out of their gray depths What would she think? —  The Hidden Places
• 3. The idea of her life shall sweetly creep Into his study of imagination And every lovely organ of her life Shall come apparel'd in more precious habit More moving-delicate, and full of life Into the eye and prospect of his soul Much Ado About Nothing, A. —  What Great Men Have Said About Women Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 77
• They fill a real place for the delicate, the lazy, or the backward, who must needs do extra work to keep up with their school grade, for those who otherwise would be condemned to hotel life, or for the children whose parents, because of circumstances, are compelled to spend the summer in cities. —  How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers

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