Delicate
Delicate adjective - Satisfying or pleasing because of fineness or mildness.
Timid and delicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Timid" instead an adjective "Delicate".
Nearby Words: delicacy, delicately
Both words in one sentence
- The former is athletic, brash and loud, while the later is delicate, timid, and demure.
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Noire comes off as a delicate and soft-spoken young lady who has a timid demeanor due to being used as a guinea pig for her mentally-unstable mother's curses and coming from am incredibly doomed Bad Future.
Source: Cute and Psycho -
Adams thought Rutledge was a waste of political space ("jejune, inane, and puerile," among other things); likewise, he thought Dickinson was "very modest, delicate, and timid" — quite a difference from the political steamroller in the play/movie.
Source: Theatre / 1776
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