Delicately
/ˈdɛlɪkətli/ adv
adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a delicate manner; exquisitely.
"The gingerbread was delicately, if imprecisely, captured by the brushstrokes."
- 2 Tactfully.
"He approached the main subject delicately."
Adverb
- 1 in a delicate manner wordnet
Example
More examples"The thing the Time Traveller held in his hand was a glittering metallic framework, scarcely larger than a small clock, and very delicately made. There was ivory in it, and some transparent crystalline substance."
Etymology
From delicate + -ly.