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fragilely

adv
/ˈfɹædʒ.aɪl.li/

Etymology

From fragile + -ly. Piecewise doublet of frailly.

  1. derived from fragilis
  2. borrowed from fragile
  3. suffixed as fragilely — “fragile + ly”

Definitions

  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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA