delicately

[US]/ˈdelɪkətlɪ/
[UK]/ˈd ɛləkətlɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. nang may kagandahan; nang may pagiging sopistikado; nang may kabaguhan.

Phrases & Collocations

handle delicately

hawakan nang maingat

speak delicately

magsalita nang maingat

treat delicately

gamutin nang maingat

Example Sentences

a delicately nurtured girl

isang babaeng maingat na inalagaan

a miniature container with a delicately chased floral design.

Isang miniature na lalagyan na may maselang na disenyo ng bulaklak.

a block of marble delicately decorated with incisions.

isang bloke ng marmol na pinalamutian ng mga incisions.

a tailor delicately plying his needle.

isang mananahi na maingat na ginagamit ang kanyang karayom.

a figure delicately carved in ivory

isang pigurang maingat na kinulayan sa ivory

She picked her way delicately over the rough ground.

Maingat niyang tinahak ang magaspang na lupa.

There are highly sensitive and delicately balanced ecosystems in the forest.

Mayroong lubhang sensitibo at maingat na balanse na mga ecosystem sa kagubatan.

it reached to the red maple leaves to dress it up with burny tapestry delicately;

abot ito sa mga dahon ng pulang maple upang bihisan ito ng burny tapestry nang maingat;

schlong - "You have a nice schlong, Stingo, "she said, grasping me delicately but with a subtle knowing firmness .

schlong - "Maganda ang iyong schlong, Stingo," sabi niya, hawakan ako nang maingat ngunit may banayad na pag-unawa.

Real-world Examples

We need to handle this situation very delicately.

Source: Emma's delicious English

“I've never asked, ” said Nearly Headless Nick delicately.

Source: All-Star Read "Harry Potter" Collection

Well, you know, how can I put this delicately?

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 7

Voldemort raised the Elder Wand, holding it as delicately and precisely as a conductor's baton.

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

" You call it'greatness, 'what you have been doing, do you? " asked Dumbledore delicately.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

He pressed his cool lips delicately to my forehead, and the room spun.

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

Born in a civilised family, Anne was delicately nurtured.

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

Her graceful ageing on our coinage has been delicately done.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation June 2016

He placed the fruit delicately into a box.

Source: Emma's delicious English

Gingerly, so gingerly, the seneschal approached the head, lifted it delicately by the hair. " Admiral Groleo" .

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

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