fragilely

English

Etymology

fragile + -ly

Adverb

fragilely (comparative more fragilely, superlative most fragilely)

  1. In a fragile way or manner.
    • 1983, Khalid Hasan, Faruq Hassan, Versions of truth: Urdu short stories from Pakistan:
      There was of course the same familiar face, the same dainty fragilely-built person that his eyes had first encountered on the lawn of the Residency

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