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Webster 1913 Edition
Delicately
Del′i-cate-ly
(dĕl′ĭ-kā̍t-ly̆)
, adv.
In a delicate manner.
Webster 1828 Edition
Delicately
DELICATELY
,adv.
1.
In a delicate manner; with nice regard to propriety and the feelings of others.2.
Daintily; luxuriously.They that live delicately are in kings courts. Luke 7.
3.
With soft elegance; as an expression delicately turned.4.
Tenderly; with indulgence in ease, elegance and luxury. Prov. 29.Definition 2024
delicately
delicately
English
Adverb
delicately (comparative more delicately, superlative most delicately)
- In a delicate manner; exquisitely.
- The gingerbread was delicately, if imprecisely, captured by the brushstrokes.
- Tactfully.
- He approached the main subject delicately.
Translations
in a delicate manner
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tactfully — see tactfully