delicately
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His thesis adviser delicately observed that the student had used the odious pronoun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The eerie ambient music that drives “Obsession” — so artfully serrated and delicately mangled by Burwell — emerged from a counterintuitive creative nuance that AI could never capture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Cubes of delicately folded fettuccine, stuffed shells, slabs of lasagna.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
These delicately drawn, soft, and sometimes colourful, Korean illustrations grabbed the spotlight in the mid-2010s as artists increasingly shared their work on social media.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
He delicately touched my forehead and recoiled, as if my skin might burn him.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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