gingerly

[US]/ˈdʒɪndʒəli/
[UK]/ˈdʒɪndʒərli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. with great care and caution
adj. careful, cautious

Phrases & Collocations

move gingerly

handle gingerly

walk gingerly

speak gingerly

Example Sentences

She gingerly picked it up.

She gingerly picked the flower.

The subject was handled in a gingerly way.

with strangers the preliminaries are taken at a gingerly pace.

The snake charmer reached out gingerly to touch the snake in his basket.

Real-world Examples

" Undiluted bubotuber pus! " said Ron, picking up the envelope gingerly and sniffing it.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

He raised a hand and felt gingerly.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Sean gingerly took my cut-up hand in his.

Source: Reader's Digest Anthology

In the darkness, he turned to the left, stepping gingerly.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

Sam gingerly removed his glove. " He did. I'm bleeding" .

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

Finally, he very gingerly lifted the exhausted fish from the water.

Source: Master of Reciting Short Stories

If I run my finger carefully, rather gingerly, round the blade end, I can't feel even the smallest chip.

Source: BBC documentary "A Hundred Treasures Talk About the Changes of Time"

" Has he? " said Harry, putting his bruised foot gingerly back on the floor.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

I took it up gingerly and held it in the light of the lantern.

Source: The Sign of the Four

Gingerly, so gingerly, the seneschal approached the head, lifted it delicately by the hair. " Admiral Groleo" .

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

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