Delicate
Delicate adjective - Satisfying or pleasing because of fineness or mildness.
Flexible and delicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Flexible" instead an adjective "Delicate".
Nearby Words: delicacy, delicately
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Masculine Lines, Feminine Curves: Men are often drawn with rigid straight lines to demonstrate strength, while women are drawn with delicate, flexible curves.
Source: Men Are Tough - The ground hummed for a moment as he took a sonograph of her, giving him a flash image of a delicate calcium/phosphorus understructure, wrapped in a flexible form-fitting sack of goo.
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Flexible and Delicate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/delicate/flexible
Delicate & Flexible. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/delicate/flexible>.
Flexible or Delicate. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/delicate/flexible.
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