gingerly
Example Sentences
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She has amassed a photo card collection of the movie's characters, which she has gingerly filed in an album.
From BBC
Stepping gingerly across the metal floor, it holds its four-fingered hands at chest level until it reaches its objective: a 25-pound basket of bearing components fresh from a stamping press.
He was taken to the locker room for evaluation, but the gingerly way he was moving left little doubt his night was done.
From Los Angeles Times
For presentation, gingerly prop the tofu against the pork, shingling it out slightly.
Elliot took it gingerly, and peered down at the mess of wires.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
