[
US
/ˈdʒɪndʒɝɫi/
]
[ UK /dʒˈɪndʒəli/ ]
[ UK /dʒˈɪndʒəli/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
with extreme care or delicacy
the issue was handled only in a gingerly way
they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones
ADVERB
-
in a gingerly manner
gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket
How To Use gingerly In A Sentence
- The snake charmer reached out gingerly to touch the snake in his basket.
- Gingerly, she lets the sharp end of the ice glide over his jaw.
- He let her hand dally on his chest, and while it did so he gingerly pulled at the tuck of his towel. EVERVILLE
- She gingerly pulled the rope of pearls out of the box, staring at them in disbelief, as if she expected them to disappear any moment.
- But I saw that fiction--he pronounced the word gingerly, as though it were something dangerous--is perhaps not, as I had thought, merely an inducement to idleness and wicked fancy. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
- Gingerly prising the door open half-expecting a private party or aftermath of a wedding reception, we were pleasantly surprised to be ushered in and offered drinks.
- Over a ton of weight was then lifted gingerly out of the soil by a crane.
- Holding her painful back, she sat down gingerly on the bench.
- I flushed and shook her hand gingerly, hoping I wasn't perspiring too heavily.
- I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand gingerly and turned back to Trey, watching the rain droplets splash on his face.
