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Definitions

gingerly

[jin-jer-lee] / ˈdʒɪn dʒər li /
ADJECTIVE
careful
Synonyms
WEAK
calculating cautious chary circumspect considerate dainty delicate discreet fastidious guarded hesitant reluctant safe squeamish suspicious timid wary
Antonyms
WEAK
careless rash rough uncareful uncautious
ADVERB
carefully
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cautiously delicately discreetly hesitantly reluctantly safely timidly warily
WEAK
charily circumspectly daintily fastidiously guardedly squeamishly suspiciously
Antonyms
WEAK
carelessly rashly roughly uncarefully uncautiously

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 • Mar. 15, 2026

He gingerly walked to the bench and then to the locker room.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Gradually and gingerly, party lines are being crossed in the House and Senate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

In the first five days, forensic experts gingerly removed earth, millimeter by millimeter, recovering 3,463 bone fragments.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

She picked it up gingerly and went on.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.