Gingerly Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
WEBThe meaning of GINGERLY is very cautious or careful. How to use gingerly in a sentence. Did you know?
GINGERLY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
WEBuk / ˈdʒɪn.dʒə.li / us / ˈdʒɪn.dʒɚ.li /. Add to word list. Add to word list. in a way that is careful or cautious: Holding her painful back, she sat down gingerly on the bench. SMART …
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WEBGingerly definition: with great care or caution; warily.. See examples of GINGERLY used in a sentence.
GINGERLY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
WEBadverb. us / ˈdʒɪn.dʒɚ.li / uk / ˈdʒɪn.dʒə.li /. Add to word list Add to word list. in a way that is careful or cautious: Holding her painful back, she sat down gingerly on the bench. …
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WEBin a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy. “ gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket”. adjective. 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”. synonyms: cautious. showing careful forethought.
gingerly, adv. & adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford …
WEBadverb. 1. ?1520–1703. † Chiefly with reference to walking or dancing: with small elegant steps; elegantly, daintily. Also in later use: mincingly, affectedly. Obsolete. ?1520. And I can daunce it gyngerly. J. Rastell, Nature .iiii. Element sig. Evj v. 1523.
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WEBCheck pronunciation: gingerly. Definition of gingerly adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
GINGERLY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
WEB4 days ago · gingerly. If you do something gingerly, you do it in a careful manner, usually because you expect it to be dangerous, unpleasant, or painful . She was touching …
GINGERLY Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
WEBSynonyms for GINGERLY: careful, wary, cautious, guarded, alert, circumspect, chary, conservative; Antonyms of GINGERLY: careless, heedless, unmindful, unsafe, unguarded, rash, reckless, regardless
GINGERLY | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
WEBadverb. uk / ˈdʒɪndʒ ə li / us. Add to word list. Add to word list. slowly and carefully: He lowered himself gingerly into the water. (Definition of gingerly from the Cambridge …
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