gingerly

Speech parts

1. gingerly - Adjective

2. gingerly - Adverb

4. gingerly - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily.

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Examples

I think that science would never have achieved much progress if it had always imagined unknown obstacles hidden round every corner. At least we may peer gingerly round the corner, and perhaps we shall find there is nothing very formidable after all. Arthur Eddington

He smiled as Will handled the flask gingerly. 'there's a glass bottle inside, but it's padded with straw and protected by the leather covering. It's quite safe. Just be careful how you handle it. John Flanagan

It's time for a 21st-century retirement age. If 40 is the new 20 and 50 is the new 30, why shouldn't 70 be the new 65? The last time Washington politicians tinkered ever so gingerly with the government-sanctioned retirement age, Ronald Reagan was in office and Generation X-ers were all in diapers. Michelle Malkin

they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones Source: Internet

the issue was handled only in a gingerly way Source: Internet

gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket Source: Internet

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