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exquisite

adjective/ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/

B1CEFR level
20/100Rarity: fairly common
LiteraryRegister

Extremely beautiful and delicate, showing fine, refined craftsmanship.

Each petal of the enamel brooch was rendered with exquisite precision.

Similar: delicate, refined, elegant

Topic: Beauty & the senses in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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