delicately

English

Etymology

From delicate +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlɪkətli/

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• Hyphenation: del‧i‧cate‧ly

Adverb

delicately (comparative more delicately, superlative most delicately)

1. In a delicate manner; exquisitely.

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

   • 1978, Oliver E. Allen, Pruning and Grafting‎, page 93:

     The intergrown foliage atop a xylosma hedge appears to be delicately balanced on long wooden fingers.

2. Tactfully.

   He approached the main subject delicately.

Translations

in a delicate manner

Catalan: delicadament (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 優美地 / 优美地 (zh) (yōuměi de), 精緻地 / 精致地 (zh) (jīngzhì de) Esperanto: delikate Finnish: herkästi (fi) French: délicatement (fr) Galician: delicadamente Greek: Ancient: ἁβρῶς (habrôs) Italian: delicatamente (it) Norman: d'licatement Portuguese: delicadamente (pt) Spanish: delicadamente (es)

tactfully — see tactfully