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fragilely

/ˈfɹædʒ.aɪl.li/

fragilely adverb: in a fragile way or manner.

Adverb

fragilely (comparative more fragilely, superlative most fragilely)

  1. In a fragile way or manner.
    • 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 Residency1983, Khalid Hasan, Faruq Hassan, Versions of truth: Urdu short stories from Pakistan

Forms of fragilely

comparativemore fragilely
superlativemost fragilely

Origin of fragilely

From fragile + -ly. Piecewise doublet of frailly.

Questions about fragilely

What does fragilely mean?
Fragilely means in a fragile way or manner.
What part of speech is fragilely?
Fragilely is an adverb.
How do you pronounce fragilely?
Fragilely is pronounced /ˈfɹædʒ.aɪl.li/.

Words near fragilely in the dictionary

  1. fragilarioids
  2. fragile
  3. fragile masculinity
  4. fragile X
  5. fragile X syndrome
  6. fragilely
  7. fragileness
  8. fragiler
  9. fragiles
  10. fragilest
  11. fragilin

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