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gingerly

3 definitions found for gingerly

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :


  Gingerly \Gin"ger*ly\, adv. [Prov. E. ginger brittle, tender;
     cf. dial. Sw. gingla, g[aum]ngla, to go gently, totter, akin
     to E. gang.]
     Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           What is't that you took up so gingerly ? --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :


  gingerly
      adv 1: in a gingerly manner; "gingerly I raised the edge of the
             blanket"
      adj 1: 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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :


  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "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