Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

delicately

/ˈdɛlɪkətli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: del-i-cate-ly
IPA: /ˈdɛlɪkətli/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a delicate manner; exquisitely.

adv

Example Sentences

"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."
"He approached the main subject delicately."

Etymology

Etymology tree English delicate Middle English -ly English -ly English delicately From delicate + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more delicately (comparative) most delicately (superlative)

Synonyms

finely fine exquisitely

Questions

How do you pronounce delicately?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɛlɪkətli/.
What does delicately mean?: In a delicate manner; exquisitely.
Where does delicately come from?: Etymology tree English delicate Middle English -ly English -ly English delicately From delicate + -ly.

How to pronounce delicately

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