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.
I see an elderly man gingerly making his way down the incline of his driveway. The Times Literary Supplement
Nicky returned from washing his hands and sat gingerly on the edge of the sofa.
Gingerly I descended and paused, as a waft of cool air freshened my brow.
I'd have to gingerly scoop up the worm (still wriggling, for he didn't kill them) and I'd throw it out the front door onto the little patch of lawn there.
When Christian does not protest and only peers back unblinkingly, Lucas allows his hand to lightly graze the downy skin of Christian's cheek before gingerly laying it upon the blonde's hand.
With a nod of his head as he inhaled the cigarette smoke, Laurie sat down rather gingerly.
When I caught up with Bryan, he was gingerly backstepping along a knife-edge arête.
She asked me to take a seat and I sat on the armchair beside her, perching gingerly on the front of it.
In the end, I had to push the car uphill while my wife drove rather gingerly. Times, Sunday Times
In the middle of the room was a small fire with several discolored flasks gingerly stuffed in the coals.
There is no glowing ooze in the holding ponds or men walking gingerly in protective suits. Times, Sunday Times
Sam, temazepam in his pocket, was waiting in Green Gables when Paula arrived, walking slightly gingerly. MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY
That sparked one of the few signs of rebellion at a hospital where the administration has moved gingerly to avoid spooking doctors.
Next, Oppenheimer rolled back on his back, gingerly took one of his front upper teethan eyetoothbetween thumb and forefinger, and consideratively moved it back and forth Again he yawned, stretched his arms, rolled over, and knocked the call to Ed Morrell. Chapter 20
Amy leapt gingerly up onto the bed and climbed carefully into Tara's lap.
Gingerly, Jack took his stepfather's wrist and felt the light fluttering of his pulse.
We had to explore this possibility very gingerly.
For some time, however, Alexander gingerly and scramblingly led the way. The Captain's Doll
The derma came out sliced in five or six pieces and seared on both sides with terrific beef gravy. I gingerly put my fork in expecting the worse, but I was pleasantly surprised.
The famous Treetops hotel started life in a humble way in 1932, when its first visitors gingerly climbed the wild fig tree supporting the two-room tree house.
In the meantime, I'm walking around very gingerly, like an aging cowboy or particularly fresh-faced choirboy, because the soles of my feet ache.
I dumped my backpack in it, and gingerly climbed up and sat behind him on the motorcycle.
The old boy got up rather gingerly, but insisted on playing on.
They are stepping gingerly onto a huge, fluffy, white cloud that the Pink Teddy uses as a mode of transportation.
I gingerly manoeuvred it between the gateposts and, as our house is midway between two corners about 100 yards apart and necessitates a quick getaway, I decided to turn left onto the road.
Moreover he was oppressed by a familiar and stomachless sensation -- the sensation he always had when he tried to high-dive and stood looking gingerly down from a shaky platform at water that seemed a thousand miles away and as flat and hard as a blue steel plate. Young People's Pride
But he simply cocked one eyebrow, his expression bemused, and rubbed a hand gingerly over his jaw. The Devil Wears Plaid
I lift out one ax, twirl it, slam in the adze, and gingerly test it.
Outside the concrete and brick building, people gingerly walked around small lakes of blood that pooled on the street.
I picked up one of the undamaged copies, and I felt as though I had to handle the pages gingerly.
Gingerly, Jack took his stepfather's wrist and felt the light fluttering of his pulse.
Carefully I slip out from under the covers and I gingerly try putting weight on my bad leg.
At a fund raiser for former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed Thursday, Giuliani gingerly acknowledged his support for some gay rights while emphasizing that heterosexual marriage is "inviolate" and should remain so. Rob Polner: G.W.B. (Giuliani Watch Blog): Rightward, Christian Soldier!
Taking the jeweler's loupe from around his neck, he gingerly passed it to her.
But in fact I use that word gingerly the reader is being manipulated. Morality, Irony, and Fiction
Flowerpots adorn the poolside and servants navigate the steps gingerly carrying dishes laden with goodies.
Sophie sat up and gingerly slid her hand between the pillow and the mattress.
Gently, gingerly, she picked up the shoe and held it carefully in her cupped hand.
I felt my way gingerly up the stairs, along a corridor, trying to find my dormitory. Times, Sunday Times
The snake charmer reached out gingerly to touch the snake in his basket.
I wondered if he was gingerly admitting that his plant had a problem with industrial accidents.
Andrew sat down at his private table and gingerly threw his napkin into his lap.
He let her hand dally on his chest, and while it did so he gingerly pulled at the tuck of his towel. EVERVILLE
And where the interests of Britain were not clearly engaged, he moved gingerly. The Times Literary Supplement
How can such dissimulation (I use that term gingerly) then be blamed on the ones being taught? Mormon Stories Podcast Archive
We gingerly threaded our way through the stalled cars back to our building.
I buckled on the belt and clipped the knife to it, then hefted the sword gingerly.
Gingerly flexing my wrists, I see the skin underneath is raw and blistered.
I made my way up very gingerly and after a slippery scrabble up the last bit, arrived back on the surface, with Alan not far behind.
Jules probed the mud gingerly with a stick.
He has trained only gingerly since an appendix operation at the end of last month. Times, Sunday Times
Gabrielle finally cracked a small sheepish smile and slid down beside him gingerly.
She gingerly felt the huge lump on the back of her head and winced - it hurt a lot.
They took a glass each and sipped it gingerly. BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad
A rusty brown coyote gingerly stepped into view, sniffed in my direction, and promptly loped away in the opposite direction.
Small but wiry, he moves gingerly around the room. Times, Sunday Times
In the middle of the room was a small fire with several discolored flasks gingerly stuffed in the coals.
Slowly, gingerly, he stood up, his breathing long and hard and his face wet with perspiration.
The highlight of the dancing was a man in his eighties who tossed his cane away as he gingerly boogied to the cheering crowd. Levi Ben-Shmuel: Finding Joy On The Sea Of Galilee
Over a ton of weight was then lifted gingerly out of the soil by a crane.
The yellowed pages were dog-eared and extremely battered, and I replaced it gingerly on the shelf as I went to answer the door.
He picked his bruised body gingerly off the floor, cursing as his abused hands twinged with pain.
The irony is that players new to artificial surfaces tread as gingerly on them as if they were trotting on greasy or icy grass. Times, Sunday Times
He gingerly probed his scalp, then winced as his hands skimmed over the lump.
Geoff Nunberg has a post at Language Log on the word gingerly: a NY Times story on Falluja included the statement "it was a gingerly first step," which pleased him by its proper use of gingerly as an adjective thanks to Tim May for catching my original misstatement! Languagehat.com: GINGER(LY).
I drove gingerly past the security check points.
they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones
He carries three twelve-pack cartons of beer across the yard to the house, climbs the front stairs and walks gingerly across the rickety veranda.
The expert put down the bottle gingerly and looked for someplace to wipe his fingers.
Ruby herself had taught the girl this accomplishment -- rare enough at the time -- and Mary Jane handled it gingerly, beginning each sentence in a whisper, as if awed by her own intrepidity, and ending each in a kind of gratulatory cheer. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales
Ellie moved gingerly between the table and the kitchen counter, buttering toast and pouring cups of tea.
Gingerly, I touched the red cut on his forehead, and he flinched.
He is stepping gingerly because of problems with ingrown toenails.
He was led from the field, walking gingerly, for emergency treatment. The Sun
‘Restored and put under glass, the folios could be gingerly handled, and it was possible to photograph all the pages,’ he said.
She picked it up under the watchful eye of the stall keeper, and held it gingerly in her hands.
I am treading quite gingerly here since I am neither a doctor nor a psychiatrist. Times, Sunday Times
Placing my hands gingerly upon the first holds and locating the proper foot placement, I commence with my climb.
Finally, almost absentmindedly, she picked it up and gingerly ran her finger under the hardened wax sealing on the back.
He climbed out of the wagon gingerly, his muscles groaning in protest.
Polly gingerly took up the receiver of the entryphone intercom that hung on the wall beside her front door.
Volunteers like Lothian resident Herbert Moreland treat all the items gingerly, as if they were jewels.
We stepped gingerly onto the talus and then froze immediately when we heard yelling below: We were kicking rocks down onto other teams.
He gingerly felt his way along the dark tunnel.
Outside, in the broiling humidity, with his venerable coach Brooks Johnson and the 110m hurdler David Oliver, who won bronze at both the last Olympics and world championships, Gatlin limbers up gingerly. Justin Gatlin: I got to the point where I said, 'I don't care anymore'
He jumped as flames licked his tail and sprinted gingerly away, careful to avoid more pain.
The people in charge of the post room called the police, who proceeded to gingerly open the package.
I'm not sure they make a diesel P reg Fiesta, but I suggested that it might give a warning inside the petrol cap about what fuel to put in, as it does on my car, before I gingerly made off for the brief respite of the warmth of the shop as I paid.
Owen gingerly patted the top of Betty's head as if the goat were a gar that might take off his arm if he weren't careful. NAKED EMPIRE
I gingerly pressed the buzzer, embarrassed.
All of which will remind you that moments of revelation, like sudden inspirations, should always be handled quite gingerly.
Breathless, I gingerly picked up the two pieces of jewelry, scrutinizing them thoroughly.
Although famous and infamous before her Nobel, this one-woman cudgel has been embraced rather gingerly.
Gently my fingers brushed against the side of her cheek, gingerly tracing a line from the soft curve to the gentle jut of her chin.
I drove gingerly past the security check points.
Elizabeth stepped away gingerly, following the line left by the high tide, eyes zeroing in on the ridgy cups of limpet shells, the blue glint of mussels with their bright pearly insides. FALSE MERMAID
Wind that windlass as gingerly as though it were a watch with a weak heart; you will be raising a kind of portcullis at the other end of the boathouse, but if you're heard doing it at dead of night we may have to run or swim for it. Mr. Justice Raffles
The irony is that players new to artificial surfaces tread as gingerly on them as if they were trotting on greasy or icy grass. Times, Sunday Times
Carefully I slip out from under the covers and I gingerly try putting weight on my bad leg.
Nancy was not impressed and fluffed that cute little coiffe, ever so gingerly. Think Progress » VIDEO: Audience Snubs Bush Attack Line, Cheney Gives Standing Ovation
Half-slouched, her elbow rested gingerly on the thin armrest, with her head propped up with her hand.
We had to explore this possibility very gingerly.
They walked gingerly over the ice; the cold bit through their jackets. Christianity Today
Then the Irishman stood back, leaving the footpad to writhe and scream on the ground as his two companions gingerly edged towards him. A SHRINE OF MURDERS
There is no glowing ooze in the holding ponds or men walking gingerly in protective suits. Times, Sunday Times
Geoff Nunberg has a post at Language Log on the word gingerly: a NY Times story on Falluja included the statement "it was a gingerly first step," which provoked his automatic resistance. Languagehat.com: GINGER(LY).
In recent issues, I have clung to my bearish outlook but gingerly hinted that a tilt to the bullish side of the ledger was in the offing.
Somerset administered two drams, one after the other, to the man with the chin-beard; who then, somewhat restored, began to confound himself in apologies for what he called his miserable nervousness, the result, he said, of a long course of dumb ague; and having taken leave with a hand that still sweated and trembled, he gingerly resumed his burthen and departed. The Dynamiter
I gingerly picked the whole thing up and headed out of the house.
In mid-December, 150 people made their way to the retreat center up the steep mountain road from the plains below, driving gingerly over the snowpack and ice.
I'll concede that "gingerly" has been used as an adverb for 400 years, and nobody's ever complained about it before. 'Equation,' 'Gingerly' And Other Linguistic Pet Peeves
Their approach was prowlingly sinister, the ponies stepping gingerly down the slope, the snapping of twigs beneath their hoofs clear in the waiting silence. The Emigrant Trail
There is no glowing ooze in the holding ponds or men walking gingerly in protective suits. Times, Sunday Times
Mr. Russo had guided his young son's hand as Dominic gingerly dipped the wide brush into the bucket of white paint and then slowly wiped it over the unprimed wood.
He swung himself off the lounger with as much grace as he could muster and stepped gingerly on to the scorching bricks. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
Google has even shown a willingness to join Facebook in gingerly tapping the third rail of Internet marketing—behavioral targeting.
She gingerly touched the pallid white gauze, then was brought back to the present by the burning smell coming from her toast.
When I caught up with Bryan, he was gingerly backstepping along a knife-edge arête.
I gingerly crept to my parents' room and listened with my ear at the keyhole.
And so she did, treading gingerly into the deep carpet at first.
I clip in and edge gingerly backwards towards the drop-off. Times, Sunday Times
Her eyes furrowed in deep crease, as she gingerly tapped the bridge of her nose.
Holding her painful back, she sat down gingerly on the bench.
Both walked away gingerly last night after taking knocks. The Sun
He picked the short smoke back up, held it gingerly between his forefinger and thumb and sucked the last lungful, casually, as if an admission to murder were of no significance.
If he was in the home removals business, he would be the one gingerly carrying the precious crystal vase across a treacherously slippery floor.
He let her hand dally on his chest, and while it did so he gingerly pulled at the tuck of his towel. EVERVILLE
He progressed gingerly towards the gauze grate in the grimy iron girdered floor and was careful not to get too close as he peered into the gloom below.
He went over to the sofa, limping slightly, and sat down gingerly.
The snake charmer reached out gingerly to touch the snake in his basket.
Gingerly, Nate dropped into the rubber craft, adjusted his oars, and set out for shore.
Slipping his feet over one end, he gingerly eased himself down.
She moved gingerly, trying to get her bearings, and realized she was sitting on the rear empennage of the ship. Mosaic
Gingerly gunning the engine, I swung out onto the interstate, no lights.
She gingerly picked the flower.
They make their way gingerly down the planks. Times, Sunday Times
She said nothing and sat up in her bed and folded the paper gingerly in her hand.
He gingerly lifted himself out of the wheelchair.
He pulled the kitten out of my arms and lowered her into the bag gingerly, snapping it shut.
As midday crowds watched from sidewalks and shops, rescue helicopters set gingerly down on the building top, their rotors pushing smoke streetward as they landed.
She was laughing as Josh gingerly sat down and started a playful wrestling match.
Marc moved his leg gingerly and with great effort pulled himself to his feet.
Removing the cap to the acid bottle, she gingerly covered it with eight layers of carefully folded foil, sticking the foil down with a piece of duct tape.
The men then walked gingerly out of the hall. Times, Sunday Times
But everybody else had gone to "cockatoo" -- to sit on the top rail of the enclosure and look down at the maddened creatures, so at length he fastened his bridle to a tree and proceeded gingerly to follow their example. Seven Little Australians
He pronounced the word gingerly, distastefully, as if it were a curious, unwonted one. The Lee Shore
Her feet hardly touched the stairs as she gingerly crept up the staircase coming to a pause on the landing.
Next, Oppenheimer rolled on his back, gingerly took one of his front upper tooth -- an eye teeth -- between thumb and forefinger, and consideratively moved it back and forth. Chapter 20
He rose gingerly from the cart - two strokes and a broken hip in recent years make it hard for him to walk. Williams honored at All-Star fest
Gingerly, she extended her hand and allowed her fingertips to trace over the weals that zigzagged down his back.
I gingerly moved to sit up, but a sharp pain shot through my body.
Every day citizens and visitors who have to walk through the city must step gingerly over or around these decrepit characters.
I have this notion that "gingerly" shouldn't be used as an adverb, as in, "she hugged the child gingerly," because there's no corresponding adjective "ginger. 'Equation,' 'Gingerly' And Other Linguistic Pet Peeves
The world, in short, inclines to appear an ill-lit mine, wherein one quarries gingerly amidst an abiding loneliness (as with Pope and Ufford and Sire Raimbaut) -- and wherein one very often is allured into unsavory alleys (as with Herrick and Alessandro de Medici) -- in search of that raw material which loving labor will transshape into comeliness. The Certain Hour
Traditionally, Russian bear hunters would find a den burrowed into the roots of a cedar tree, gingerly approach and take a position on the opposite side of the tree from the opening.
Not really accustomed to winter biking, I gingerly pedalled down an alley on the packed snow, and unexpectedly gathered speed.
While she happily cavorted, I crept up to the huge white smooth box and gingerly touched it.
She sat down on the floor next to him and gingerly fingered the pages of the book he had in his lap.
She puts her arms gingerly and tenderly round an inscrutable black trunk.
We picked our way gingerly up the stairs which were black and charcoaly of course all the electric light had fused long ago. Storyteller
But they circulate among the small rooms as gingerly as tourists, reluctant to touch the somewhat shabby furnishings.
Tentatively — Ivan much more reticently than the others — the four lab partners took turns probing the scrotum, gingerly testing on the cadaver the necessary but, as David Murphy had pointed out, socially uncomfortable technique each would be called upon to perform thousands of times in the future. Body of Knowledge
I stood up, a litde gingerly, and tried my footing as I swished die sword experimentally, a gleam that sliced die shadows. The Gates of Noon
Rather gingerly, George picked up the tiny bundle.
First she took off the ribbon, and then gingerly ripped off the tape holding the paper together.
Gingerly, she put her hand in deeper, to the bottom.
He smirked as he gingerly sat up, looking at Lashana when she released his hand and moved to help him.
We walked gingerly down one dark and stinking first-floor corridor, peering into the doorways and avoiding those in which we could hear movement. Times, Sunday Times
So is the day eventually going to come, I ask gingerly, when he will be too old to fly to space?
Jo-Beth glanced over her shoulder to check that her mother had gone, then crossed to the back door, and gingerly unbolted it. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
Social issues were either encoded or handled gingerly.
The boy gingerly flexed his fingers; testing out his healed hand… everything seemed fine.
Raskin was proceeding gingerly, aware that Macintosh was a sitting duck for cancellation.
So the cameras would gingerly peer through the steam and mist to reveal eleven fit, young men romping around in the soapy waters of a huge bath.
I gathered the bedclothes around and grimaced as I gingerly stood, then limped toward the door with my makeshift wrap trailing on the floor.
I obliged her request and sat gingerly in the arm chair, turned slightly to face her.
Muammar touched the bump on his head gingerly, trying to remember.
Bhutan has only recently stepped gingerly onto the motorway of international life. Times, Sunday Times
For three days she remained, unmoving, in front of my stop, and for three days I stepped gingerly over her, holding my breath.
For "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know", she clambers gingerly on to a swing and is winched several feet above ground like a shipping crate. Britney Spears review
He was seen walking gingerly round the pitch at the Etihad yesterday before disappearing down the tunnel. The Sun
Handling the train a bit gingerly, I stepped down into the room, swaying gently as the seamstress had instructed, to show off the filmy gussets of silk plisse let into the overskirt. Dragonfly in Amber
Harrison's new collection, "The Farmer's Daughter" - a title redolent of Merle Haggard or off-color barroom jokes or both, depending on your referents - contains three stories that feature, among their sprawling casts, several lusty adolescent boys (including one with a clubfoot and one who's a werewolf); an aged rancher, who, at 73, on his "last conscious day" of life, gingerly gropes a NYT > Home Page
Cardiff gingerly touched the basement door handle with his gloved hands, still watching the others.
And for these writers, gingerly is pretty clearly just a common-or-garden adverb formed in ly.
Sarah subsided gingerly on to the sofa, waiting for she knew not quite what: the revelation of the threat. DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION
Jules probed the mud gingerly with a stick.
She knelt down and began to run her dishcloth gingerly up and down Frank's trouser leg. DESPERADOES
gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket
Gingerly, she crawls across this pilot line, trailing behind her a thicker, stronger thread.

How To Use Gingerly In A Sentence

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