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Indelicately

Indelicate \In*del"i*cate\, a. [Pref. in- not + delicate: cf. F. ind['e]licat.] Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior.
--Macaulay. -- In*del"i*cate*ly, adv.

Syn: Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse; broad; impolite; gross; indecent; offensive; improper; unchaste; impure; unrefined.

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indelicately

adv. In an indelicate manner.

Usage examples of "indelicately".

Even worse for him, because the entry hatch was so tiny, Jaina had to kneel behind him and very indelicately push him in, and all the while with him conscious of the fact that he was wearing only a skirt.

Father Louis put it, rather indelicately, did finally show Madeleine a way.