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Definition of delicateness : The quality of being delicate.

Synonyms:

fragileness, delicacy, insubstantiality, infirmity, feebleness, decrepitude, strong, frailty, unsoundness, unsubstantiality, weakliness, weakness, flimsiness, frailness, fragility, debility, puniness

Usage examples:

• Men are so coarse; they do not appreciate the delicateness of a refined woman. - "The Second Generation", David Graham Phillips.
• No delicateness there; certainly those fingers, though white enough nowadays, and long enough, too, were not made for fancy work and parlor tricks. - "The Deluge", David Graham Phillips.
• She could have loved him, and she felt the attraction, and the softness, and the sweet- smelling delicateness of gentle associations. - "Ralph the Heir", Anthony Trollope.