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Delicately

//ˈdɛlɪkətli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a delicate manner; exquisitely.

    "The gingerbread was delicately, if imprecisely, captured by the brushstrokes."

  2. 2
    Tactfully.

    "He approached the main subject delicately."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a delicate manner wordnet

Etymology

From delicate + -ly.

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