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ticklishly, adv.|ˈtɪklɪʃlɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a ticklish position or fashion; insecurely, critically, delicately.
1640E. Dacres tr. Machiavelli's Prince 147 The forraine matters stand but ticklishly. 1762Kames Elem. Crit. xxiv. (1774) II. 478 A bare uniform cylinder..without a base, appears too ticklishly placed to stand firm. 1794Washington Let. to T. Lear 14 Dec., It is to be lamented however, that in plain matters—a little ticklishly circumstanced—such hazards..should be unnecessarily encountered. 1846D. Jerrold Chron. Clovernook Wks. 1864 IV. 424 Paste-board huts, so loosely, so ticklishly put together, that every wind that blows scares the tenants. |