Gingerly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           What is't that you took up so gingerly ? --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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