delicately

English

Etymology

delicate +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlɪkətli/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: del‧i‧cate‧ly

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

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

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