del1cately, delicatli

[Eng. delicate; -ly.] *1. Daintily, luxuriously. (Implying a heavier censure than with our increasing tendency to luxury is held to attach to it now.) "She that liveth delicately [Gr. spatalōsa , Auth. Vers., in pleasure] is dead while she liveth." -1 Tim . v. 6. (Auth. Vers., margin). - Trench: Select Glo ary, pp. 51, 52. 2. In a delicate, refined, or courteous manner; with strict observance of propriety and good feeling. 3. Finely, not coarsely, neatly, gracefully. "Fine by defect, and delicately weak, Their happy spots the nice admirer take." Pope: Moral E ays , ii. 43, 44. 4. Tenderly, effeminately; in luxury, indulgently. "He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at length."-Prov. xxix. 21. *5. With affectation; affectedly, mincingly. "Agag came unto him delicately ."-1 Samuel xv. 32. děl-i-cate-ne , s. [Eng. delicate; -ne .] The quality or state of being delicate; delicacy, softne , tenderne . "The delicate woman among you would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground, for delicate ne and tenderne ." - Deut . xxviii. 56.