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exquisitely
Variant of exquisite
adjective
- carefully done or elaborately made: an exquisite design
- very beautiful or lovely, esp. in a delicate or carefully wrought way: exquisite lace
- of highest quality; consummate: exquisite technique
- highly sensitive; keenly discriminating; fastidious: an exquisite ear for music
- sharply intense; keen: exquisite pain
noun
a person who makes a great show of being refined and fastidious in matters of taste, etc.
Related Forms:
- exquisitely adverb
- exquisiteness noun
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