delicately
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3.7
- adverb
- /ˈdɛlɪkətli/
:
delicadamente
- What a beauty she'd been, with long raven-black hair and a delicately chiseled face.
- delicately balanced
- handle delicately
- delicately poised
And it's a single tube which you delicately scrape and heat up and squeeze and clamp.
- And it's a single tube which you delicately scrape and heat up and squeeze and clamp.
- And so for her it was a very easy experience of trying to tiptoe around it delicately.
- The SIBO then nods in the legal direction, but still delicately concludes as follows.
Examples
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Let me put this delicately to avoid offending the court.
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But it must be done delicately.
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How do I put this delicately?
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You just have to handle it delicately.
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Returning to the table, I approached the forbidden subject as delicately as possible.
Fiction book (1990) -
And wiped it clean as carefully and as delicately as if it were fine china.
Fiction book (1991) -
I lay them in a small basket beside me, delicately and gently, so as not to bruise them.
Fiction book (1990) -
Its colors are muted and gentle; blossoms are pressed delicately between its layers.
Academic text (2010) -
You need to handle the situation delicately to avoid upsetting anyone.
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The artist painted the details of the portrait delicately to capture the subject's expression.
Synonyms
978
1.0
In a way that shows attention and caution to avoid mistakes or harm
372
1.0
To do something with little force to avoid hurting or making noise
95
1.0
In a gentle, light way using little force
86
1.0
In a gentle way using little force
23
4.6
In a very careful, slow way to avoid damage or getting hurt
5
4.2
In a way that shows care for other people's feelings and needs
4
4.4
In a careful, kind way when talking to avoid hurting someone's feelings
4
3.5
To treat someone or something gently to avoid harm
3
4.2
To move or act in a small, careful, delicate way
To act gently and carefully without using force
Antonyms
How Gently
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Delicately comes from delicate, which comes from the Latin word delicia meaning 'delight' or 'pleasure', and it is related to English words like delight and delicious. That's why delicately means doing something gently and with care.