Delicately

//ˈdɛlɪkətli// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

Synonyms

All synonyms
compliantlycunninglycutelydaintilydiscreetlyeasily

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.

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