KJV dictionary & concordance
In a soft, dainty, indulgent, or luxurious manner.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 1 Samuel 15:32
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
¶ Then said Samuel, Bring you hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites: and Agag came vnto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitternesse of death is past.
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from a child, shall haue him become his sonne at the length.
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
They that did feede delicatly, are desolate in the streetes: they that were brought vp in scarlet, embrace dounghilles.
But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.
But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and liue delicately, are in kings courts.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Luxuriously; daintily.
Daintily; luxuriously. Tenderly; with indulgence in ease, elegance and luxury.
