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delicately, adv.|ˈdɛlɪkətlɪ|
[f. delicate a. + -ly2.]
In a delicate manner.
†1. In a way that gratifies the senses, esp. the palate; sumptuously, luxuriously; daintily, fastidiously. Obs.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 184 Drynke nouȝte ouer delicatly ne to depe noyther. Ibid. B. xiv. 250 He..doth hym nouȝte dyne delycatly ne drynke wyn oft. 1435Misyn Fire of Love 26 Þat I wald not abyde bot wher I myght be delicately fed. 1555Eden Decades 117 Bores fleshe wherwith they fedde them selues dilycately. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 292 You have received mee honorably, sumptuously and delicatly. 1611Bible 1 Tim. v. 6 She that liueth in pleasure [margin, delicately] is dead while she liueth. 1650Jer. Taylor Holy Living ii. §1. 57 Eat not delicately or nicely.
b. With enervating or weakening luxury or indulgence; effeminately, tenderly.
1382Wyclif Prov. xxix. 21 Who delicatli [delicate] fro childhed nurshith his seruaunt, afterward shal feelen hym vnobeisaunt. 1552Huloet, Delicately, laute, molliter, muliebriter. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Char. Wks. (Bohn) II. 58 The young coxcombs of the Life Guards delicately brought up. 1893H. Dalziel Dis. Dogs (ed. 3) 28 Not so liable to attacks of cold as the more delicately reared.
2.
†a. In a way that gives pleasure or delight; delightfully, beautifully (obs.).
b. ‘With soft elegance’ (J.); with exquisite or graceful fineness, softness, etc. Opposed to coarsely.
1577–87Holinshed Ireland an. 1535 (R.) He was..delicatelie in each limb featured. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 199 The Moors build with Stone and Mortar..making small shew without, but delicately contrived within. 1735Pope Ep. Lady 43 Ladies..'Tis to their Changes half their charms we owe; Fine by defect, and delicately weak. 1760–72tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. (ed. 3) I. 54 The fox here is not much bigger than a large cat; but delicately shaped. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. II. 61 Ye cowslips, delicately pale. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 407 The more delicately organised mind of Halifax. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. III. xxxv. 39 The delicately-wrought foliage of the capitals.
3. Softly, lightly; with light or delicate touch, gently; with delicacy of feeling. Opposed to roughly.
1611Bible 1 Sam. xv. 32 And Agag came vnto him delicately [Coverd. tenderly, Genev. pleasantly]. 1677S. Lee Triumph of Mercy in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. cv. 19–21 Joseph's feet were hurt in irons, to fit him to tread more delicately in the King's Palace. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan III. 318 Death in his great mercy..had breathed upon it very delicately. 1845M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 19 The thorny subject which they were delicately shunning in their conversation. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 411 Blame which, though delicately expressed, was perfectly intelligible.
4. In a way that is sensitive or responsive to the slightest influences; sensitively; with nice exactness.
1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest i, Whose mind was delicately sensible to the beauties of nature. 1793Beddoes Calculus 195 The least degree of heat then produces the most violent effects upon the fibres thus delicately irritable. 1842S. Lover Handy Andy xx. 179 A very delicately-balanced scale of etiquette. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. I. 187 How delicately the adjustment of the pressure can be made with this apparatus. |