Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DEL'I-CATE-LY, adv.

1. In a delicate manner; with nice regard to propriety and the feelings of others.
2. Daintily; luxuriously. They that live delicately are in king's courts. – Luke vii.
3. With soft elegance; as, an expression delicately turned.
4. Tenderly; with indulgence in ease, elegance and luxury. – Prov. xxix.