gingerly

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈdʒɪn.dʒəɹ.li/

Adverb

gingerly

1. In a delicate and cautious manner.

   He placed the glass jar gingerly on the concrete step.

Translations

• French: doucement, précautionneusement
• German: behutsam, vorsichtig, zimperlich, sanft
• Italian: cautamente
• Portuguese: cuidadosamente
• Russian: осторо́жно
• Spanish: cuidadosamente, delicadamente

Adjective

gingerly

1. Very careful or cautious.
   • 1867, Rebecca Harding Davis, Waiting For The Verdict, chapter 19 “The Valley of the Shadow”, published 1868 in The Galaxy magazine, volume 4, page 223 ↗:

     But, ther’s somethin’ in the very look and voice of Jeems Strebling, even in his gingerly walk, that riles all the black drop in me.

   • 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge, chapter 45:

     […] penetrating cautiously into dark cellars, sallying forth with gingerly tread to the garden, now leaf-strewn by autumn winds […]

   • 1961, March, Trains Illustrated, Ian Allan Ltd., page 185, photo caption:

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   • 2012, David Alan Mack, Star Trek: The Next Generation — Cold Equations Book One: Persistence of Memory, chapter 28:

     Several gingerly taps on her console fired clusters of modified probes into the maelstrom of the gas giant’s atmosphere.

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