Meanings
adverbfragilely (comparative more fragilely, superlative most fragilely)
comparative more fragilely · superlative most fragilely
- 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 Residency
1983, Khalid Hasan, Faruq Hassan, Versions of truth: Urdu short stories from Pakistan
Origin
From fragile + -ly. Piecewise doublet of frailly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan fràgilment
- fràgilmentin a fragile manner
French fragilement
- fragilementin a fragile manner
Italian fragilmente
- fragilmentein a fragile manner
Portuguese fragilmente
- fragilmentein a fragile manner
Spanish frágilmente
- frágilmentein a fragile manner
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Chicago
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