delicately
adv.in a very careful or gentle way. You do this when you are handling something that breaks easily or when you are dealing with a difficult situation.
adv.in a manner that is careful, precise, or sensitive to potential damage or offense.
“She placed the glass vase delicately on the shelf.”
“The manager had to handle the situation delicately to avoid hurting anyone's feelings during the meeting.”
“The restorer worked delicately on the ancient manuscript, using fine tools to ensure the fragile parchment remained intact throughout the cleaning process.”
Typically follows the verb it modifies or the direct object.
“Now add Brian Friel, whose sparkling script “after Turgenev” is spun so delicately that it appears both of its time and a universal story of pained love and marriage.”
From delicate + -ly.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.