delicately

/ˈdɛlɪkətli/

adv 2

Collocations

ADJ.

balanced, long, main, over, suspended

VERB + DELICATELY

appears, approach, held, like, lobbed, subject, tried

DELICATELY + NOUN

defense, fingers

PREP.

between, on, out, up

ADV.

imprecisely

adv

In a delicate manner; exquisitely.

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

The intergrown foliage atop a xylosma hedge appears to be delicately balanced on long wooden fingers.

Tactfully.

He approached the main subject delicately.

adverb — in a delicate manner

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

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The intergrown foliage atop a xylosma hedge appears to be delicately balanced on long wooden fingers.

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He approached the main subject delicately.

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She is delicately constituted.

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Do it delicately.

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This issue is quite painful for Tom, so try to bring it up to him delicately.

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