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I am my heart's undertaker. Daily I go and retrieve its tattered remains, place them delicately into its little coffin, and bury it in the depths of my memory, only to have to do it all again tomorrow.
Emilie Autumn

Meaning of "delicately" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DELICATELY

delicately  [ˈdelɪkətlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DELICATELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Delicately is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES DELICATELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of delicately in the English dictionary

The definition of delicately in the dictionary is in a way that shows lightness and delicacy; subtly. Other definition of delicately is carefully or tactfully.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DELICATELY


accurately
ˈækjʊrətlɪ
adequately
ˈædɪkwətlɪ
affectionately
əˈfɛkʃənətlɪ
appropriately
əˈprəʊprɪətlɪ
deliberately
dɪˈlɪbərətlɪ
desperately
ˈdɛspərətlɪ
disproportionately
ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːʃ ənətlɪ
duplicately
ˈdjuːplɪkətlɪ
immaculately
ɪˈmækjʊlətlɪ
immediately
ɪˈmiːdɪətlɪ
inappropriately
ˌɪnəˈprəʊprɪətlɪ
indelicately
ɪnˈdɛlɪkətlɪ
intimately
ˈɪntɪmətlɪ
legitimately
lɪˈdʒɪtəmətlɪ
moderately
ˈmɒdərətlɪ
passionately
ˈpæʃənətlɪ
predominately
prɪˈdɒmɪnətlɪ
privately
ˈpraɪvətlɪ
quietly
ˈkwaɪətlɪ
separately
ˈsɛpərətlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DELICATELY

deliberations
deliberative
deliberatively
deliberativeness
deliberator
Delibes
delible
delicacies
delicacy
delicate
delicateness
delicatessen
delice
delicious
deliciously
deliciousness
delict
deligation
delight
delighted

WORDS THAT END LIKE DELICATELY

absolutely
alternately
approximately
articulately
considerately
coordinately
corporately
dispassionately
elaborately
fortunately
inadequately
indiscriminately
intermediately
intricately
lately
ornately
philately
proximately
stately
ultimately
unfortunately

Synonyms and antonyms of delicately in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DELICATELY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «delicately» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of delicately

Translation of «delicately» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DELICATELY

Find out the translation of delicately to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of delicately from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «delicately» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

微妙
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

delicadamente
570 millions of speakers

English

delicately
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाजुक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بدقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

деликатно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

delicadamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

delicately,
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

délicatement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dengan hati-hati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zart
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

微妙に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

섬세
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Delicately
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tế nhị
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நேர்த்தியாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नाजूकपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

incelikle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

delicatamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

delikatnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

делікатно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

delicat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λεπτότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

delikaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bräck
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

delikat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of delicately

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DELICATELY»

The term «delicately» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.527 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DELICATELY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about delicately

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3 QUOTES WITH «DELICATELY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word delicately.
1
Emilie Autumn
I am my heart's undertaker. Daily I go and retrieve its tattered remains, place them delicately into its little coffin, and bury it in the depths of my memory, only to have to do it all again tomorrow.
2
Norman Foster
There's a snobbery at work in architecture. The subject is too often treated as a fine art, delicately wrapped in mumbo-jumbo. In reality, it's an all-embracing discipline taking in science, art, maths, engineering, climate, nature, politics, economics.
3
Megyn Price
I can't put this delicately - everyone goes to their high school reunion wanting to see who they 'beat.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DELICATELY»

Discover the use of delicately in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to delicately and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dictionary of the Welsh Language: Explained in English
Meinusaw, v. a. (meinus) To render fine, or delicate ; to become slender, fine, delicate. Meinwaith, ». m. (main— gwaith) Nice work. Meinwar, a. (main— gwar) Delicate and gentle, delicate and meek; delicately mild. s.f. That is delicately ...
William Owen Pughe, 1832
2
But Not Philosophy: Seven Introductions to Non-Western Thought
Delicately fashioned is my lord, As thing cut. as thing filed, As thing chiseled, as thing polished Oh, the grace, the elegance! Oh, the lustre, oh. the light! Delicately fashioned is my lord; Never for a moment can I forget him. Look at that little bay ...
George Anastaplo, 2002
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Middle English Dictionary
LFCatech.498: Anothir is for to lyue ouer delicately. (al382) WBible(l) Prov. 29.2l: Who delicatli [L delicate] fro childhed nurshith his seruaunt, afterward shal feelen hym vnobeisaunt. (al398) *Trev. Barth. 72b/a: s11 he is delicatlich [L deliciose] ...
Hans Kurath, Robert E. Lewis, Sherman M. Kuhn, Hans Kurath, 1961
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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society: Zoology
Thorax elongate, compressed at the sides, and flattened above ; the anterior portion longitudinally aciculate ; the meso- and meta-thorax delicately rugulose ; a short blunt tooth or spine on each side of the prothorax, and a similar, but more  ...
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The Journal of the Linnean Society: Zoology
Thorax elongate, compressed at the sides, and flattened above ; the anterior portion longitudinally aciculate; the meso- and meta-thorax delicately rugulose ; a short blunt tooth or spine on each side of the prothorax, and a similar, but more ...
6
Chinese Poems
Delicately fashioned is my lord, As thing cut, as thing filed, As thing chiselled, as thing polished. Oh, the grace, the elegance! Oh, the lustre, oh, the light! Delicately fashioned is my lord; Never for a moment can I forget him. Look at that little bay ...
The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley, 2012
7
Public Broadcasting and Political Interference
5. The. United. Kingdom. “Treading. delicately. like. Agag”. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest public service broadcaster (PSB) in the world. By accident of language and dint of graft, it is also the most important and ...
Chris Hanretty, 2011
8
The Entomological Magazine ...
elytra are very delicately striated; the space between the second, third, and fourth striaa is wider than in the following. Common in the neighbourhood of London. I have also received it from Inverness, where it appears to be rare.Sp. 17.
Edward Newman, 1833
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English Grammar For Dummies
Went why? Probably to drink champagne out of the slipper, but again, you find no answer in the sentence. Here's another example: Eggworthy soon softly snored and delicately slipped away. You identify two verbs again: snored and slipped.
Geraldine Woods, 2011
10
Thinking French Translation: A Course in Translation Method ...
But the following example is different: ST TT [In reference to a pianist] Elle joue (i) She plays amazingly delicately. avec une délicatesse étonnante. (ii) She plays with amazing delicacy. Here, the two TTs are equally idiomatic and acceptable.
Sándor G. J. Hervey, Ian Higgins, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DELICATELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term delicately is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stan Wawrinka vs Richard Gasquet, Wimbledon 2015 - as it happened
Gasquet makes an early dent in the Stan serve, but the Swiss is at the net for the next point to delicately tip it over. Gasquet returns the favour ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Sea-kayaking along Scotland's wild west coast: an adventure in the …
... a tiny spit with 360-degree views around the crucible of Knoydart's wild crags, and push the mussels delicately into the edges of our driftwood ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Drawn + Quarterly Publishing Transformed Comics. Can It Survive …
To the often shoddy and schlocky world of comics, D+Q brought elegance, sophistication, cosmopolitanism, a literary commitment to delicately ... «The New Republic, Jul 15»
4
The Ashes: Day One talking points
IAN Healy illustrated how delicately commentators have to handle Root's surname during the second session. As the Aussies decided whether ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
5
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Exploring Silver Nanowires For New iPad Pro …
... a user to change the thickness of a line depending on pressure from a fingertip, which can enable a person to draw a picture more delicately. «ETF Daily News, Jul 15»
6
Bungie Reveals New Rewards For Dedicated 'Destiny' Fans
To put it delicately, Bungie's one-year anniversary celebration for Destiny hasn't exactly gone smoothly. At first, it looked like everything would ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
7
Pope Heads to Bolivia Amid Church-State Tensions
And he's likely to delicately insist on the Catholic Church's right to have a voice in society, given its role in caring for the most marginal in South ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
8
Marc Cain RTW Spring 2016
Unusual this season was that many of these looks then made it into the show lineup, including silky sheer peasant tops delicately smocked at ... «WWD, Jul 15»
9
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley at LAX in ripped denim looking effortless
The model accessorised with dove grey suede pumps, adding a few inches to her statuesque 5ft 9n frame, and had a delicately embroidered ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
10
Ukraine Merges Nazis and Islamists to Fight Russians
The U.S. media delicately stepped around the neo-Nazi reality by keeping out relevant context, such as the background of national security ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»

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