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Definition of "indelicately" [indelicately]

  • In an indelicate manner. (adverb)

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Use "indelicately" in a sentence
  • "As Rhee indelicately put it just days after the primary, that would be “devastating” for D.C. students."
  • "When she indelicately requested that he issue her a large quantity of prophylactics, his eyebrows shot up, “Jane, really!”"
  • "FBI officers were routinely sent out to try to squelch rumors around the country “that the director was a ‘fairy,’” as internal bureau memos always indelicately put it."