indelicate
adjective
offensive to a sense of generally accepted propriety, modesty, or decency; improper, unrefined, or coarse.
indelicately
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a word derived from
indelicate.
Example Sentences
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Their arrivals were announced loudly, even a bit indelicately: The concerto had clarity and crowd-pleasing excitement, but also lapses in sensitivity and shape.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
Alden’s original inspiration, he says in the program notes, was the famous gold-laced bathroom in a certain Manhattan tower and its indelicately boastful occupant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2020
Because 100 percent is all the percent available, Sullivan shared those thoughts with the officiating crew, perhaps a bit indelicately.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2018
Photograph by Mark Peckmezian for Bloomberg BusinessweekThe view of Central Park that Barnett indelicately calls “the money shot”
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 2, 2014
Pita took it and blew her nose into it indelicately.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
