delicately
pronunciation
How to pronounce delicately in British English:
UK ['delɪkətlɪ]
How to pronounce delicately in American English:
US [ˈdɛləkətlɪ]
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- Adverb:
- in a delicate manner
Word Origin
- delicately (adv.)
- mid-14c., "luxuriously," from delicate + -ly (2). Meaning "softly, gently" is early 15c.
Example
- 1. Kaiser kuo puts it less delicately : " we get smacked as hard as anyone . "
- 2. But brazil 's riotous multiparty system , in which candidates must delicately stitch together broad coalitions , is harsh on those whose bandwagons lose momentum .
- 3. The photo above showing a delicately balanced boulder was captured in the ablation zone of the matanuska glacier near anchorage , alaska .