Fragilely

//ˈfɹædʒ.aɪl.li// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a fragile way or manner.

    "There was of course the same familiar face, the same dainty fragilely-built person that his eyes had first encountered on the lawn of the Residency"

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"There was of course the same familiar face, the same dainty fragilely-built person that his eyes had first encountered on the lawn of the Residency"

Etymology

From fragile + -ly. Piecewise doublet of frailly.

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