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gingerly

[jin-jer-lee] / ˈdʒɪn dʒər li /




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Gingerly exiting my car, I walked backward and then put my hands behind my back, following commands.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2022

LIVERPOOL, England — Gingerly, Liverpool’s players clasped each other’s hands and turned toward the Kop, Anfield’s iconic, sweeping grandstand.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2020

Gingerly, from behind the skull, he removed a small metal ray gun.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 9, 2019

Gingerly, early on in the night when I didn’t think there was a chance of being caught, I’d tiptoe into the master bedroom and enter a grown-up, never before seen world.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2012

Gingerly, I walked up the driveway where tufts of weed now grew between the sun-faded bricks.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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