DELICATELY, adverb 1. In a delicate manner; with nice regard to propriety and the feelings of others. 2. Daintily; luxuriously. They that live delicately are in kings courts. Luke 7:25. 3. With soft elegance; as an expression delicately turned. 4. Tenderly; with indulgence in ease, elegance and luxury. Proverbs 29:21.
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