It’s wonderful when a person is delicate? It’s even awkward to discuss it. Politeness in a well-educated society is more valuable than rudeness, because politeness requires effort on oneself, and rudeness of such barriers does not imply, it only needs a natural person. In any case, we leave aggression for later, but let's talk about delicacy as a phenomenon.
Origin of the full adjective
Since this is a short adjective, it makes sense to talk about the "older brother" of the object of study. Interested in one remarkable detail. The word was not borrowed directly from French, but from Polish, where there is delikatny. And already Polish dates back to French delicat - "delicate, graceful." And at the heart of everything, of course, is Latin: delicatus - "pampered."
The story may give the impression that the word carries some negative connotations. Because it is one thing when a woman (or a man) is called tender, and quite differently - effeminacy as a characteristic of behavior or assessment. Pampering implies excessiveness, and the latter, as a rule, few people like, so the word has such a dismissive connotation. But in Russian there is nothing like that. “Delicate” and “delicate” are positive words. They are not seen in any crimes.
Value
To ensure that the reader is convinced of this, we will present the dictionary data:
- Polite, soft to handle.
- Difficult, requiring a sensitive, tactful attitude.
Both meanings are quite in demand by modern man and are widely used. This is good news, so courtesy still has a future. But do not exaggerate. Better to see how the word feels in situations fictional, but probable. In other words, sentences with the word are already rushing to us:
- Yes, yes, it’s clear that our relationship is over. But, you see, I was at the doctor, we need to meet, this is not a telephone conversation: the question is very delicate. Therefore, you must be delicate, it is simply necessary.
- Wonderful girl, she looks like a meadow daisy in her summer dress. Therefore, be delicate with her.
- Listen, they called me from school and subtly hinted that it would be nice to drop by, yes, as soon as possible. ABOUT! The director was very delicate. He said that if we did not come, he would go crazy with grief or drive out our tomboy.
Yes, it’s difficult to maintain a serious tone, and yet we broke down on the last sentence. In any case, we hope that the reader understands that getting “delicate” as an assessment is a huge achievement.
Synonyms
But sometimes we need other words than those that are already in the arsenal. In this case, it is best to look into the dictionary of synonyms, whose branch will open for a short time right here:
- nice;
- thin;
- gentle;
- polite;
- soft;
- ticklish;
- tactful.
The list of synonyms for "delicate" includes the most vivid full adjectives. It’s hard to say who is better and who is worse. Choosing a word is a matter of taste. But you need to be sensitive to other people's values, remember this.