Fragilely

Origin

fragile + -ly

Full definition of fragilely

Adverb

1. In a fragile way or manner.
• 1983, Khalid Hasan, Faruq Hassan, Versions of truth: Urdu short stories from Pakistan, 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