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Example Sentences
Main Entry:
gin·ger·ly
[
jin
-jer-lee
]
/
ˈdʒɪn
dʒər
li
/
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Part of Speech:
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Main Entry:
gingerly
Part of Speech:
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Example Sentences
So I gingerly reached in and pulled it out.
Footsteps crunch frozen tundra, and dancing shoes step gingerly over ice-covered rivulets.
He then walked gingerly off the field.
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So I gingerly reached in and pulled it out.
Footsteps crunch frozen tundra, and dancing shoes step gingerly over ice-covered rivulets.
He was helped to his feet and walked gingerly off on his own power.
All appliances have their peccadilloes, and need to be treated gingerly.
Before racing Monday, he was walking gingerly on his skates.
Adjective
He then walked gingerly off the field.
More likely, he will take it a little more gingerly.
Press down gingerly to get a good seal and then peel the tape apart slowly enough so that the graphite cleaves smoothly in two.
It lifted a leg very carefully and patted his cheek gingerly.
He waved gingerly with his right hand.
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