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^[1], 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