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fragile
[fraj-uhl, fraj-ahyl]
adjective
easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail.
a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
vulnerably delicate, as in appearance.
She has a fragile beauty.
lacking in substance or force; flimsy.
a fragile excuse.
fragile
/ ˈfrædʒaɪl, frəˈdʒɪlɪtɪ /
adjective
able to be broken easily
in a weakened physical state
delicate; light
a fragile touch
slight; tenuous
a fragile link with the past
Other 51Թ Forms
- fragilely adverb
- fragility noun
- fragileness noun
- nonfragile adjective
- nonfragilely adverb
- nonfragileness noun
- nonfragility noun
- overfragile adjective
- unfragile adjective
- ˈڰ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fragile1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"Art must be respected and loved because it is very fragile," she adds.
Tehran has warned that Israel and the US - which denies being involved - will pay a "heavy price" for the attacks, raising concerns that this will lead an already fragile region into full-scale war.
But those rights were always fragile and accompanied by anti-immigrant campaigns justified with the concept of "illegality."
The development reinforced the musician's image as a fragile, almost childlike figure, who nonetheless inspired thousands of musicians to follow in his steps.
There was a hint of presidential drift in the early 1970s, as India's parliamentary democracy - especially after 1967 - grew more competitive and unstable, marked by fragile coalitions, according to Prof Raghavan.
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