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Recent Examples of delicately
The thin cut of beef from between the cow’s belly and leg is more tender than carne asada, and delicately crisped around the edges.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
Dresses and suits were delicately crafted, featuring hand dyed and hand cut organza appliqué, jet beading and gold accents.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Jordan’s climactic speech is a fun place to leave the episode, suggesting all hell could break loose if the administration doesn’t handle this delicately.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
The royal opted for a smart suit from Bella Freud for the occasion, the plaid fabric delicately stitched with an electric blue thread running through it (there’s no pattern that says fall quite like plaid).
—Harriet Johnston, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
Failure to treat fruit delicately is a common apple-picking mistake.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
For every prepared crust that comes out golden and delicately flaky, there’s another that’ll never be anything but gray and soggy.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
The larger gros sel (coarse sea salt) forms the bulk of the harvest, while the precious Fleur de Sel crystals float delicately on the surface.
—Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
This sombre, delicately observed drama, from the director and screenwriter Angus MacLachlan, follows an unassuming woman in her thirties, Tammy (Jane Levy), who lives in a pleasant suburb of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
Dresses and suits were delicately crafted, featuring hand dyed and hand cut organza appliqué, jet beading and gold accents.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Jordan’s climactic speech is a fun place to leave the episode, suggesting all hell could break loose if the administration doesn’t handle this delicately.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
The royal opted for a smart suit from Bella Freud for the occasion, the plaid fabric delicately stitched with an electric blue thread running through it (there’s no pattern that says fall quite like plaid).
—Harriet Johnston, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
Failure to treat fruit delicately is a common apple-picking mistake.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
For every prepared crust that comes out golden and delicately flaky, there’s another that’ll never be anything but gray and soggy.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
The larger gros sel (coarse sea salt) forms the bulk of the harvest, while the precious Fleur de Sel crystals float delicately on the surface.
—Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
This sombre, delicately observed drama, from the director and screenwriter Angus MacLachlan, follows an unassuming woman in her thirties, Tammy (Jane Levy), who lives in a pleasant suburb of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for delicately
Adverb
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The opening layers vanilla and honey into a faintly sweet and almost liquor-like aroma.—
Michael Stefanov,
Robb Report,
23 Sep. 2025
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The porch smells faintly of lime and ginger, and the house hums the way houses do when a good conversation has just ended.—
Gina Pace,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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On YouTube, cats with radial nerve paralysis were able to walk shakily.—
Tao Lin,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Lifting the controller and swinging it swiftly down hammers steel at Atsu’s family forge, gently pulling the trigger urges a campfire’s tendrils higher, while tilting it this way and that lowers mushrooms further into that fire for cooking.—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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There will be hundreds of new and gently-used items, all priced to sell.—
Pomerado News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The sun blasts us from the left and warm air puffs weakly from the vents.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
19 Sep. 2025
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After striking out weakly in his at-bat in the fourth, the Twins removed Jeffers from the game.—
David Brown,
Twin Cities,
6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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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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Many bowed their heads, some cried softly.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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There, a softly colorful cabinet can stand out from any cool, chromatic neutrals without raising the temperature.—
Tim Nelson,
Architectural Digest,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Delicately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delicately. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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