delicately
adv/ˈdɛlɪkətli/
Etymology From delicate + -ly.
1
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.1978, Oliver E. Allen, Pruning and Grafting, page 93:
2
Tactfully.
- He approached the main subject delicately.