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delicately

adverb

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Pronunciation: /ˈdɛlɪkətli/

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English delicate Middle English -ly English -ly English delicately From delicate + -ly.

  1. 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.

  2. Tactfully.

    He approached the main subject delicately.