Indelicately

释义 Definition

（尤指在言语或行为上）不够得体地；不够委婉地；粗率地，冒犯性地。

发音 Pronunciation

/ˌɪnˈdɛlɪkətli/

例句 Examples

He indelicately asked her age in front of everyone.
他当着所有人的面不合时宜地问了她的年龄。

The report indelicately highlighted the team’s mistakes, which embarrassed several people and hurt morale.
这份报告不够委婉地强调了团队的错误，使好几个人感到难堪，也打击了士气。

词源 Etymology

由前缀 **in-**（表示“否定、不”）+ delicate（得体的、谨慎的、讲究分寸的）+ 副词后缀 -ly 构成，字面意思是“以不够得体/不够细致的方式”。

相关词 Related Words

• Awkwardly
• Bluntly
• Tactlessly
• Rudely
• Insensitively
• Undiplomatically
• Indiscreetly
• Impolitely

文学作品 Literary Works

• Ulysses — James Joyce
• The Portrait of a Lady — Henry James
• Middlemarch — George Eliot