delicately

adv
/ˈdɛlɪkətli/

Etymology

From delicate + -ly.

  1. derived from *lakjō
  2. derived from dēlicātus
  3. inherited from delicat
  4. formed as delicately — “delicate + -ly

Definitions

  1. In a delicate manner

    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.

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