incelik, kibarlık

Turkish - English

Definition of incelik, kibarlık in Turkish English dictionary

{i} delicacy

The quality of being delicate

Tact and propriety; the need for such tact

Refinement in taste or discrimination

Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance

Frailty of health or fitness

The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance

smallness of stature

If you say that a situation or problem is of some delicacy, you mean that it is difficult to handle and needs careful and sensitive treatment. There is a matter of some delicacy which I would like to discuss

the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features"

If someone handles a difficult situation with delicacy, they handle it very carefully, making sure that nobody is offended. Both countries are behaving with rare delicacy = sensitivity

Delicacy is the quality of being easy to break or harm, and refers especially to people or things that are attractive or graceful. the delicacy of a rose

A delicacy is a rare or expensive food that is considered especially nice to eat. Smoked salmon was considered an expensive delicacy

lack of physical strength

Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy

refined taste; tact

Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame

subtly skillful handling of a situation

Hyphenation

in·ce·lik, ki·bar·lık