Delicate
Delicate adjective - Having qualities that appeal to a refined taste.
Usage example: delicate perfumes that only a connoisseur of scents would appreciate
Great and delicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Great" instead an adjective "Delicate".
Nearby Words: delicacy, delicately
Both words in one sentence
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Their beauty is often described as angular and delicate looking, while emitting a sense of great strength.
Source: Inhumanly Beautiful Race -
Which they will, because the Shrinking Violet is invariably of the sweet-tempered, delicate type who makes a great friend and a lousy criticism taker from the Alpha Bitch or her Girl Posse.
Source: Shrinking Violet -
In this delicate time, Tsar Peter The Great decided that there would be no better hour to strike than this.
Source: Useful Notes / Carolus Rex
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