About The Word Gingerly
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Gingerly
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What's The Definition Of Gingerly?
[adv] in a gingerly manner; "gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket"
[adj] with extreme care or delicacy; "they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones"; "the issue was handled only in a gingerly way"- W.S.White Synonyms | Synonyms for Gingerly: cautious Related Terms | Find terms related to Gingerly: calculating | cannily | canny | careful | carefully | cautious | cautiously | charily | chary | circumspect | circumspectly | considerate | daintily | dainty | deliberate | delicate | delicately | discreet | fastidious | guarded | guardedly | heedful | hesitant | judicious | leaving out nothing | mindful | nervous | noncommittal | on guard | overlooking no possibility | pawky | politic | prudent | regardful | safe | shy | shyly | slow to act | squeamish | tentative | tentatively | thorough | timid | timidly | timorous | timorously | unadventurous | uncommunicative | undaring | unenterprising | unprecipitate | warily | wary | watchful See Also | Gingerly In Webster's Dictionary \Gin"ger*ly\, adv. [Prov. E. ginger brittle, tender;
cf. dial. Sw. gingla, g["a]ngla, to go gently, totter, akin
to E. gang.]
Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily.
What is't that you took up so gingerly ? --Shak.
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