Meaning

2 senses
  1. In a delicate manner; exquisitely.

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

    in a delicate manner

  2. Tactfully.

    He approached the main subject delicately.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Do it delicately.

    ruСделай это тактично.

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  2. I need to approach the topic delicately.

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  3. She lobbed the ball delicately over the defense.

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  4. She held the fan delicately between her fingers.

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  5. She is delicately constituted.

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Translations

4 languages

Forms

more delicately, most delicately
Comparativemore delicately Lesson
Superlativemost delicately

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relateddelicate

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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