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UK
/ɛkskwˈɪsɪt/
]
[ US /ˈɛkskwəzət/ ]
[ US /ˈɛkskwəzət/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
delicately beautiful
a dainty teacup
an exquisite cameo -
intense or sharp
felt exquisite pleasure
suffered exquisite pain -
of extreme beauty
her exquisite face - lavishly elegant and refined
How To Use exquisite In A Sentence
- His small, exquisitely crafted pictures could look a bit twee.
- These small exquisitely carved ivory figurines come in an almost limitless variety.
- These require you to face manipulative individuals, relinquish your rights unfairly or be exquisitely tactful when you'd be justified in blowing up. Times, Sunday Times
- His young, handsome, tonsured head was exquisitely carved in stone. The pope is coming. Liberals, be glad
- Authentic Chinese patterns come to life in silk jacquards, prints and exquisite beaded pieces.
- We are now told, with equal wonder and admiration, that natural selection is the agent of exquisite design.
- With each soft shadow and sharp crimp exquisitely rendered, the act of painting serves to overwhelm the subject.
- International Food, cakes and preserves, exquisite craft, homemade sweets and lollies, pre-loved clothes and books and heaps more.
- At ten to four I was awoken by a blackcap hopping along the tin roof, then striking up the most exquisite warbling, at first utterly solo in the half-light, soon joined by other birds. Wildwood
- A remarkable part of this exquisite symbiosis is the way the squid keeps the bacterial culture fresh within its light organ.