The Only Use of
delicacy
in
The Great Gatsby
- A succulent hash arrived, and Mr. Wolfshiem, forgetting the more sentimental atmosphere of the old Metropole, began to eat with ferocious delicacy.
p. 71..3delicacy = sensitivity and tact
Definition:
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(delicacy as in: discuss with delicacy) care and gentleness -- especially speaking or acting with sensitivity and tact