Meaning & use
Exquisitely
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In an extremely beautiful, delicate, or finely made manner; also, extremely intensely or acutely.
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The dress was exquisitely embroidered with tiny silver threads.
He was exquisitely aware of every glance the interviewer gave him.
A note on using this word
Can intensify either physical beauty ('exquisitely carved') or a sensation such as pain or awareness ('exquisitely sensitive').
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