delicate (often more than one sense is implied)
1.
delightful, pleasant
Wint. III. i. 1
“The climate's ,”
Mac. I. vi. 10, Oth. I. iii. 360,
Ant. II. vii. 115
“delicate Lethe.”
2.
graceful, dainty,
elegant
Tp. I. ii. 438
“ Ariel,”
II. ii. 97, Tim. IV. iii. 387,
Oth. II. iii. 20
“ creature.”
3.
voluptuous
Ado I. i. 313
“soft and delicate
desires.”
4.
tender, not robust
Ham. IV. iv. 48
“a and tender
prince,”
Oth. I. ii. 74
“her youth,”
II. i. 236.
5.
exquisite in nature,
beauty, &c.,
Tp. I. ii. 272
“a spirit too To act
her earthly . . . commands.”
6.
skilful, ingenious
Lr. IV. vi. 189
“a
stratagem,”
Oth. IV. i. 197
“So with her
needle!,”
Cym. V. v. 47; skilfully
or finely wrought
All'sW. IV. v. 111
“ fine
hats,”
Ham. V. ii. 160
“most
carriages.”
