What is another word for delicately?

Pronunciation: [dˈɛlɪkətli] (IPA)

Delicately is a word that is often used to describe something that is done in a gentle or subtle way. There are many synonyms that can be used in place of delicately to convey a similar meaning. Some of the most common synonyms for delicately include softly, gently, tenderly, subtly, daintily, lightly, and gingerly. These synonyms can be used to describe actions, such as touching something delicately or speaking in a gentle tone, as well as to describe the appearance or texture of something, such as a delicate fabric or a fragile object. Whatever the context, using synonyms for delicately can add depth and nuance to your writing or conversation.

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What are the opposite words for delicately?

Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings to one another. The word delicately, which means something is done in a fragile or subtle way, has several antonyms that denote a rough or brusque action. Some antonyms for delicately include firmly, heavily, coarsely, roughly, harshly, and loudly. These words indicate a lack of sensitivity or gentleness and suggest a more aggressive and forceful approach. For example, instead of delicately touching a fragile object, one might pick it up firmly, threatening its integrity. Antonyms provide an essential tool to help create contrast and variety in writing, which can emphasize specific traits and characteristics of a text.

Usage examples for Delicately

Marjorie's second surprise was a gold bracelet, delicately chased, for which she had sighed more than once.
"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"
Pauline Lester
She lifted her shoulders delicately.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
She knew that she would need the latter, for she was beginning to realize that it was a rather hazardous undertaking for a delicately brought up girl of twenty-four to set out to seek her fortune in western Canada.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss

Famous quotes with Delicately

  • In televisionland we are all sophisticated enough now to realize that every statistic has an equal and opposite statistic somewhere in the universe. It is not a candidate's favorite statistic per se that engages us, but the assurance with which he can use it. We are testing the candidates for self-confidence, for "Presidentiality" in statistical bombardment. It doesn't really matter if their statistics be homemade. What settles the business is the cool with which they are dropped. And so, as the second half hour treads the decimaled path toward the third hour, we become aware of being locked in a tacit conspiracy with the candidates. We know their statistics go to nothing of importance, and they know we know, and we know they know we know. There is total but unspoken agreement that the "debate," the arguments which are being mustered here, are of only the slightest importance. As in some primitive ritual, we all agree — candidates and onlookers — to pretend we are involved in a debate, although the real exercise is a test of style and manners. Which of the competitors can better execute the intricate maneuvers prescribed by a largely irrelevant ritual? This accounts for the curious lack of passion in both performers. Even when Ford accuses Carter of inconsistency, it is done in a flat, emotionless, game-playing style. The delivery has the tuneless ring of an old press release from the Republican National Committee. Just so, when Carter has an opportunity to set pulses pounding by denouncing the Nixon pardon, he dances delicately around the invitation like a maiden skirting a bog. We judge that both men judge us to be drained of desire for passion in public life, to be looking for Presidents who are cool and noninflammable. They present themselves as passionless technocrats using an English singularly devoid of poetry, metaphor and even coherent forthright declaration. Caught up in the conspiracy, we watch their coolness with fine technical understanding and, in the final half hour, begin asking each other for technical judgments. How well is Carter exploiting the event to improve our image of him? Is Ford's television manner sufficiently self-confident to make us sense him as "Presidential"? It is quite extraordinary. Here we are, fully aware that we are being manipulated by image projectionists, yet happily asking ourselves how obligingly we are submitting to the manipulation. It is as though a rat running a maze were more interested in the psychologist's charts on his behavior than in getting the cheese at the goal line.
    Russell Baker
  • Computer programs are the most intricate, delicately balanced and finely interwoven of all the products of human industry to date. They are machines with far more moving parts than any engine: the parts don't wear out, but they interact and rub up against one another in ways the programmers themselves cannot predict.
    James Gleick
  • Aviation has struck a delicately balanced world, a world where stability was already giving way to the pressure of new dynamic forces, a world dominated by a mechanical, materialist, Western European civilization.
    Charles Lindbergh
  • There are various ways of flattering, and, of course, you must adapt your style to your subject. Some people like it laid on with a trowel, and this requires very little art. With sensible persons, however, it needs to be done very delicately, and more by suggestion than actual words. A good many like it wrapped up in the form of an insult, as—"Oh, you are a perfect fool, you are. You would give your last sixpence to the first hungry-looking beggar you met;" while others will swallow it only when administered through the medium of a third person, so that if C wishes to get at an A of this sort, he must confide to A's particular friend B that he thinks A a splendid fellow, and beg him, B, not to mention it, especially to A. Be careful that B is a reliable man, though, otherwise he won't.
    Jerome K. Jerome
  • [W]hat will not a delicately nurtured British lady go through when her mind is bent either on pleasure or duty?
    Thomas Hughes

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