Definition of Gingirly
Gin"ger*ly, adv. [Prov. E.
ginger brittle, tender; cf. dial. Sw. gingla,
gängla, to go gently, totter, akin to E. gang.]
Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily.
What is't that you took up so gingerly
? Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
GINGERLY. Softly, gently, tenderly. To go gingerly to
work: to attempt a thing gently, or cautiously.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- Gently; in a delicate or cautious manner.
He placed set the glass jar gingerly on the concrete step.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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