delicately

del·i·cate  (dl-kt)

adj.

1. Pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way: a delicate flavor; a delicate violin passage.

2. Exquisitely fine or dainty: delicate china.

3. Frail in constitution or health.

4. Easily broken or damaged: a kite too delicate to fly.

5. Marked by sensitivity of discrimination: a critic's delicate perception.

6.

a. Considerate of the feelings of others.

b. Concerned with propriety.

c. Squeamish or fastidious.

7. Requiring tactful treatment: a delicate situation.

8. Fine or soft in touch or skill: a surgeon's delicate touch.

9. Measuring, indicating, or responding to very small changes; precise: a delicate set of scales.

10. Very subtle in difference or distinction.

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[Middle English delicat and French délicat, both from Latin dlictus, pleasing; akin to dlicia, pleasure; see delicious.]

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deli·cate·ly adv.

deli·cate·ness n.

Synonyms: delicate, choice, dainty, elegant, exquisite, fine¹
These adjectives mean appealing to refined taste: a delicate flavor; choice exotic flowers; a dainty dish; elegant handwriting; an exquisite wine; the finest embroidery. See Also Synonyms at fragile.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

delicately - in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body" exquisitely, fine, finely

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delicately

adverb

1. finely, lightly, subtly, softly, carefully, precisely, elegantly, gracefully, deftly, exquisitely, skilfully, daintily soup delicately flavoured with nutmeg

2. tactfully, carefully, subtly, discreetly, thoughtfully, diplomatically, sensitively, prudently, judiciously, considerately a delicately-worded memo

Translations

delicately [ˈdelɪkɪtlɪ] ADV

1. [say, act] → con delicadeza, delicadamente
delicately worded → expresado con delicadeza
... as you so delicately put it (iro) → ... como tú tan delicadamente or con tanta delicadeza has expresado

2. [flavoured, scented, carved] → exquisitamente
this may upset the delicately balanced ecosystem → esto puede alterar el frágil equilibrio del ecosistema

delicately [ˈdɛlɪkətli] adv

(= subtly) [flavoured] → délicatement

(= tactfully) [act, express, hint] → avec délicatesse, avec tact

delicately

adv

(= daintily) → zart; she took it delicately from him → sie nahm es ihm mit einer grazilen Bewegung ab; a delicately pretty girl → ein zartes, hübsches Mädchen

(= subtly) spiced, scented → fein; coloured → zart; delicately flavoured (Brit) or flavored (US) → mit einem delikaten Geschmack; a soup delicately flavoured (Brit) or flavored with nutmeg (US) → eine fein mit Muskat gewürzte Suppe

(= tactfully) → taktvoll

(= with precision) → fein; she picked her way delicately over the rocks → vorsichtig suchte sie sich einen Weg über die Felsen

delicately [ˈdɛlɪkɪtlɪ] adv (gen) → delicatamente; (act, express) → con delicatezza