Delicately
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘delightful, charming’): from French délicat or Latin delicatus, of unknown origin. Senses also expressed in Middle English (now obsolete) include ‘voluptuous’, ‘self-indulgent’, ‘fastidious’, and ‘effeminate’.
wiktionary
delicate + -ly
etymonline
delicately (adv.)
mid-14c., "luxuriously," from delicate + -ly (2). Meaning "softly, gently" is early 15c.
