Question

Henry says, "it doesn't seem delicate, some how," here the meaning of 'delicate' is
A) fragile
B) crude
C) unhealthy
D) sensitive

Answer 1

Answer:

In the question given the word "delicate" means sensitive.

Explanation:

Some words give more contextual meaning than literal meaning.

In the given statement Henry says, "it doesn't seem delicate, some how," the meaning of delicate is sensitive.

He tries to explain that the situation is not too sensitive than assumed and you can go forward with the situation.

Answer 2

Henry says, “it doesn't seem delicate somehow" here the meaning of delicate is Sensitive.

Option (D)

EXPLANATION:  

• The meaning of the word Delicate is sensitive here. Although the literal meaning of the word is fragile but sometimes the meaning of the words are not literal but contextual.
• Here also the contextual meaning of the word is used where the speaker Henry is trying to convince someone that someone is not looking delicate, but he means to say that someone is not sensitive as such. Therefore, here the meaning of the word delicate would be sensitive.

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