Delicate
Delicate adjective - Lacking bodily strength.
Usage example: a delicate child who was never allowed to play sports
Nearby Words: delicacy, delicately
Healthy
Healthy adjective - Enjoying health and vigor.
Usage example: always a hard worker, Grandma has remained healthy into her 80s
Both words in one sentence
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Patrick is physically healthy but mentally unstable, tries to appear more delicate than he is for sympathy points.
Source: Foil -
The former is all delicate, pale beauty, healing magic, with a healthy dose of damsel in distress.
Source: Literature / The Child Thief -
It seems that for some unfathomable reason the Powers That Be or Crystal Dragon Jesus who created the universe saw fit to make its continued healthy existence contingent on these poorly guarded, easily found, delicate, carry-on-luggage sized objects.
Source: Cosmic Keystone
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