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 holding Hootie, Merritt said, “He will need work after the show in Toronto,” where the production will conclude at the end of June.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 11, 2018
Gingerly I got back on my rental bike and limped up the last mile or so on the steep 10 percent grade into Ward.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2014
Gingerly he lifted the hem of the cape, under which I was wearing a sweater and a zipped fleece jacket.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Vocabulary lists containing gingerly
A Long Walk to Water
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