"delicately" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈdɛlɪkətli/ Audio: en-us-delicately.ogg [US] Forms: more delicately [comparative], most delicately [superlative]
Etymology: delicate + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|delicate|ly}} delicate + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} delicately (comparative more delicately, superlative most delicately)
  1. In a delicate manner; exquisitely. Translations (in a delicate manner): ἁβρῶς (habrôs) (Ancient Greek), delicadament (Catalan), 優美地 (Chinese Mandarin), 优美地 (yōuměi de) (Chinese Mandarin), 精緻地 (Chinese Mandarin), 精致地 (jīngzhì de) (Chinese Mandarin), delikate (Esperanto), herkästi (Finnish), délicatement (French), delicadamente (Galician), delicatamente (Italian), d'licatement (Norman), delicadamente (Portuguese), delicadamente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-delicately-en-adv-o5CWZ-3N Disambiguation of 'in a delicate manner': 100 0
  2. Tactfully.
    Sense id: en-delicately-en-adv-zS8xnVWQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 2 98

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