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delicately

How many syllables in delicately?

  4 syllables

Divide delicately into syllables:   del-i-cate-ly
Stressed syllable in delicately:   del-i-cate-ly
How to say delicately:

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Synonyms for delicately


2 syllables
  • deftly
  • finely
  • nicely
  • softly
  • thinly
  • faintly
  • merely
  • slightly
  • subtly
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
6 syllables
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