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Definition of Gingerly
1. Adjective. With extreme care or delicacy. "The issue was handled only in a gingerly way"
2. Adverb. In a gingerly manner. "Gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket"
Definition of Gingerly
1. adv. Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily.
Definition of Gingerly
1. Adverb. Gently; in a delicate or cautious manner. ¹
2. Adjective. (dated) Ginger. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gingerly
1. in a careful manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gingerly
Literary usage of Gingerly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1868)
"gingerly made no reply ; but breathed on one of the panes of glass, ... It is a
very nice house," said gingerly ; and he heaved a heavier sigh than before. ..."
2. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1884)
"I think that in what has been done in this session we have dealt very tenderly
and gingerly with the late Government. If any bad example has been followed ..."
3. The Light of Nature Pursued by Abraham Tucker, Henry Paulet St. John Mildmay (1831)
"... but extremely dangerous to be played with by the novice : it must be handled
gingerly at first, or we shall run a hazard of cutting ourselves, ..."
4. Letters of Thomas Edward Brown, Author of 'Fo'e'sle Yarns': Author of 'Fo'c by Thomas Edward Brown (1900)
"Dear me! our forefathers would have had it out like a shot—' growth in grace,'
that's it, and what for no ? But we have got so gingerly about these things. ..."
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