delicately
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈdɛlɪkətli/
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English delicate Middle English -ly English -ly English delicately From delicate + -ly.
- In a delicate manner; exquisitely.
“The gingerbread was delicately, if imprecisely, captured by the brushstrokes.”
“The intergrown foliage atop a xylosma hedge appears to be delicately balanced on long wooden fingers.”
- Tactfully.
“He approached the main subject delicately.”