delicately
In fragile fashion
Delicately means with lightness, precision, or careful restraint.
Something handled delicately is treated gently to avoid damage or offense: She delicately lifted the ancient manuscript.
A delicately balanced situation requires careful navigation.
Food can be delicately seasoned—subtly, not overpoweringly.
A delicately built person has a fine, slender frame.
In a mild manner
- tenderlyWith gentle care
- gingerlyWith wary caution
- cautiouslyIn a guarded manner
- lightlyWith little weight
softly · carefully · fragile · breakable · brittle · vulnerable · gossamer · diaphanous
With little weight
seasoned · infused · scented · perfumed · aromatic · flavored · spiced · herbed
With elegant movement
- exquisitelyIn a finely beautiful way
- daintilyIn a graceful way
- tastefullyWith aesthetic discernment
- elegantlyWith tasteful grace
finely · beautifully · ornately · artfully · prettily · filigree · lacework · embroidered
With deliberate attention
- meticulouslyWith extreme care
- exactinglyWith strict standards
- deftlyWith nimble precision
- skillfullyWith practiced competence
finely · intricately · surgically · dexterously · painstakingly · precisely · adroitly · nimble-fingered
With quiet nuance
- nuancedHaving fine distinctions
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- diplomaticallyWith political finesse
- tactfullyWith careful discretion
discreetly · sensitively · indirectly · obliquely · hinted · insinuated · alluded · suggested
gently
In a mild manner
- tenderlyWith gentle care
- gingerlyWith wary caution
- cautiouslyIn a guarded manner
lightly · softly · carefully · fragile · breakable · brittle · vulnerable · gossamer · diaphanous · wispy
lightly
With little weight
hint · seasoned · infused · scented · perfumed · aromatic · flavored · spiced · herbed · zested
gracefully
With elegant movement
- exquisitelyIn a finely beautiful way
- daintilyIn a graceful way
- tastefullyWith aesthetic discernment
elegantly · finely · beautifully · ornately · artfully · prettily · filigree · lacework · embroidered · filigreed
carefully
With deliberate attention
- meticulouslyWith extreme care
- exactinglyWith strict standards
- deftlyWith nimble precision
skillfully · finely · intricately · surgically · dexterously · painstakingly · precisely · adroitly · nimble-fingered · expertly
subtly
With quiet nuance
- nuancedHaving fine distinctions
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- diplomaticallyWith political finesse
tactfully · discreetly · sensitively · indirectly · obliquely · hinted · insinuated · alluded · suggested · implied
delicatelyroughly
In approximate terms
clumsily · heavy-handedly · crudely · carelessly · ham-fistedly
delicatelyindelicately
Without refinement or sensitivity
bluntly · boorishly · crudely · tactlessly · harshly
- delicate balance
- delicate beauty
- delicate cycleMild laundering setting
- delicate washCareful laundering setting
- delicate structureVulnerable arrangement of parts
- delicate layersFragile arranged thinness
delicate, indelicate, delicatessen, delicateness, delicates, indelicately