Delicate
Delicate adjective - Not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect.
Usage example: a delicate breeze was floating in from the open window
Mild is a synonym for delicate in dainty topic. In some cases you can use "Mild" instead an adjective "Delicate", when it comes to topics like calm, feeble.
Nearby Words: delicacy, delicately
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Frederica Vernon from Lady Susan is a very pretty young girl with delicate complexion, pleasant oval face, mild dark eyes and "peculiar sweetness in her look".
Source: English Rose -
Roland is mild mannered, delicate, gentle and looks like a girl.
Source: Manga / MÄR -
Montgomery, Cecily (after having always been more delicate than her friends, and spending a night with them in a bitter snowstorm) develops a persistent mild cough around the middle of the novel.
Source: Incurable Cough of Death
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