gingerly
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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
Gingerly they pull the canvases from the wall and carefully manoeuvre them down the four ladders separating them from the ground.
From BBC • May 3, 2022
Gingerly, from behind the skull, he removed a small metal ray gun.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 9, 2019
Gingerly, she took both of my hands into hers, looked at me knowingly and, without saying a word, gave me a folded note.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2017
Gingerly, she gathered the bookmarks into the book and put it on the table.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
Vocabulary lists containing gingerly
A Long Walk to Water
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