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Recent Examples of delicately
Even delicately putting your hands on someone in that heated situation is crossing a personal boundary.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
Evening Muse Floor Lamp The Evening Muse Floor Lamp boasts a sturdy gold base and a delicately ruffled lampshade.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2026
For dinner, expect salmon rillettes, citrusy garden salads, and delicately poached fish, best enjoyed alongside an old-fashioned or traditional nutmeg juice.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Place parsley or chives delicately on top of the crema and serve.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Hamilton described his version as landing somewhere between Senegalese and Ghanaian, cooked in a slurry of roasted red peppers, tomatoes and onions, delicately spiced and with a whisper of smoke.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Here, sugar packets served with your cappuccino come delicately branded; the bartenders wear vests the color of blood oranges; and the bedding is made by the same company that supplied linens for the original Orient Express trains.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2026
Chief among them is the cinnamon rolls, fluffy, fragrant and delicately sweet.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Her lips were lightly blurred (as is the contemporary trend) and brown-nude, while eyeshadow was kept light, and lashes delicately curled.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026
Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
Evening Muse Floor Lamp The Evening Muse Floor Lamp boasts a sturdy gold base and a delicately ruffled lampshade.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2026
For dinner, expect salmon rillettes, citrusy garden salads, and delicately poached fish, best enjoyed alongside an old-fashioned or traditional nutmeg juice.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Place parsley or chives delicately on top of the crema and serve.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Hamilton described his version as landing somewhere between Senegalese and Ghanaian, cooked in a slurry of roasted red peppers, tomatoes and onions, delicately spiced and with a whisper of smoke.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Here, sugar packets served with your cappuccino come delicately branded; the bartenders wear vests the color of blood oranges; and the bedding is made by the same company that supplied linens for the original Orient Express trains.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2026
Chief among them is the cinnamon rolls, fluffy, fragrant and delicately sweet.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Her lips were lightly blurred (as is the contemporary trend) and brown-nude, while eyeshadow was kept light, and lashes delicately curled.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for delicately
Adverb
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In the new film, Jackson is played by his nephew Jaafar, with a faintly familiar smile and highly familiar dance moves.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The fans faintly begin chanting his name, then their voices disappear into a hush.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The archival, iconic footage of Jordan scoring 38 points while dealing with illness in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals was intended to inspire willpower in a Bruins team that had run shakily out of the starting gate in its last two tournament games.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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When Stanton shakily read her Declaration, the crowd seemed wary of the voting-rights point.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Once repair is complete, growth hormone activates a brainstem region called the locus coeruleus, which gently nudges you toward waking.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Take the time to scan from top to bottom, and don’t be afraid to gently move items aside.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Because Anna and Matteo were never actually together, her clear attraction with Michael doesn’t face any meaningful obstacles, aside from some obligatory (and weakly justified) initial sniping between the two leads.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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But Rodríguez struck out Olson on a check swing, and Austin Riley weakly rolled a change-up to shortstop to end the threat.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
4 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Heathcliff’s racial ambiguity — so central to the novel’s violence and otherness — is feebly erased.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
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One man aboard the boat knew how to navigate the mangroves and sandbars of the keys, and with the late summer sun beating down on the rafters, the boat pushed out feebly into the open ocean.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Even with its unnecessary detours, Singing reaches this wild reverie in the end—a voice reclaimed to report, softly, from the fathomless depths of the human experience.—
Linnie Greene,
Pitchfork,
29 Apr. 2026
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Sylvia, my copilot, snores softly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Delicately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delicately. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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