how to pronounce delicately

/ˈdɛləkətliː/

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delicately is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of delicately in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… work he's so delicately titled sometimes …”

meanings of delicately

adverb:

In a delicate manner; exquisitely.
Tactfully.

delicately frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word delicately occurs in english on average 2.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics delicately can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that delicately can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;