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Definition of exquisitely adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

exquisitely

adverb
 
/ɪkˈskwɪzɪtli/,
 
/ˈekskwɪzɪtli/
 
/ɪkˈskwɪzɪtli/,
 
/ˈekskwɪzɪtli/
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  1. in a way that is extremely beautiful or carefully made
    • an exquisitely crafted glass sculpture
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryExquisitely is used with these adjectives:
    • beautiful
    • detailed
    • sensitive
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  2. (formal) in a way that is very strongly felt
    • Even light pressure was exquisitely painful.
  3. (formal) in way that is very sensitive
    • an exquisitely refined auditory sense
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