(of an object) Superlative for easily broken or damaged
“He warned that damage could be caused to the fragile books and their bindings.”
Superlative for vulnerable or easily threatened
“We have to prevent Joe from losing his already fragile grip on reality.”
(of a person) Superlative for physically weak or frail
“Sadly, it pains me to say that I have become rather fragile with my old age.”
Superlative for small or improbable in the degree of likelihood
“The walls of the ruins emblematize the fragile possibility of reconciliation with the past.”
Superlative for refined in a delicate way
“The fragile beauty of the flower gives lie to any notion we might have had of the prairie's emptiness.”
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