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Sentence Examples A rusty brown coyote gingerly stepped into view, sniffed in my direction, and promptly loped away in the opposite direction. He gingerly wiped away the spit with his bib and rolled over, mumbling a few nonsense words. That sparked one of the few signs of rebellion at a hospital where the administration has moved gingerly to avoid spooking doctors. So the cameras would gingerly peer through the steam and mist to reveal eleven fit, young men romping around in the soapy waters of a huge bath. Gently, gingerly, she picked up the shoe and held it carefully in her cupped hand. Gabrielle finally cracked a small sheepish smile and slid down beside him gingerly. Finally, almost absentmindedly, she picked it up and gingerly ran her finger under the hardened wax sealing on the back. The people in charge of the post room called the police, who proceeded to gingerly open the package. She gingerly touched the pallid white gauze, then was brought back to the present by the burning smell coming from her toast. In the meantime, I'm walking around very gingerly, like an aging cowboy or particularly fresh-faced choirboy, because the soles of my feet ache. Not really accustomed to winter biking, I gingerly pedalled down an alley on the packed snow, and unexpectedly gathered speed. I flushed and shook her hand gingerly, hoping I wasn't perspiring too heavily. Slowly, gingerly, he stood up, his breathing long and hard and his face wet with perspiration. Breathless, I gingerly picked up the two pieces of jewelry, scrutinizing them thoroughly. He picked his fork up gingerly, signalling the start of the meal, and spoke no more. All of which will remind you that moments of revelation, like sudden inspirations, should always be handled quite gingerly. Kel gingerly flexed the fingers of her right hand while her mind raced for an answer. They are stepping gingerly onto a huge, fluffy, white cloud that the Pink Teddy uses as a mode of transportation. And for these writers, gingerly is pretty clearly just a common-or-garden adverb formed in ly. Her eyes furrowed in deep crease, as she gingerly tapped the bridge of her nose. Show More Sentences Every day citizens and visitors who have to walk through the city must step gingerly over or around these decrepit characters. When he returns I'm sitting gingerly in the corner of the very small dance floor. She said nothing and sat up in her bed and folded the paper gingerly in her hand. I obliged her request and sat gingerly in the arm chair, turned slightly to face her. Nicky returned from washing his hands and sat gingerly on the edge of the sofa. I could feel scabs tearing and scratches throbbing when I gingerly sat on the mattress beside her. She asked me to take a seat and I sat on the armchair beside her, perching gingerly on the front of it. He jumped as flames licked his tail and sprinted gingerly away, careful to avoid more pain. Andrew sat down at his private table and gingerly threw his napkin into his lap. She sat down on the floor next to him and gingerly fingered the pages of the book he had in his lap. Sophie sat up and gingerly slid her hand between the pillow and the mattress. With a nod of his head as he inhaled the cigarette smoke, Laurie sat down rather gingerly. I dumped my backpack in it, and gingerly climbed up and sat behind him on the motorcycle. She was laughing as Josh gingerly sat down and started a playful wrestling match. She picked it up under the watchful eye of the stall keeper, and held it gingerly in her hands. Marc moved his leg gingerly and with great effort pulled himself to his feet. In the middle of the room was a small fire with several discolored flasks gingerly stuffed in the coals. So is the day eventually going to come, I ask gingerly, when he will be too old to fly to space? The yellowed pages were dog-eared and extremely battered, and I replaced it gingerly on the shelf as I went to answer the door. Performances, unfailingly good, veer gingerly over the top but don't trade the characters' waggishness for their humanity. Show More Sentences Gently my fingers brushed against the side of her cheek, gingerly tracing a line from the soft curve to the gentle jut of her chin. I gingerly crept to my parents' room and listened with my ear at the keyhole. In the light airs, the crews must step gingerly around the boat to retain boatspeed. Placing my hands gingerly upon the first holds and locating the proper foot placement, I commence with my climb. I'd have to gingerly scoop up the worm and I'd throw it out the front door onto the little patch of lawn there. Outside the concrete and brick building, people gingerly walked around small lakes of blood that pooled on the street. He smirked as he gingerly sat up, looking at Lashana when she released his hand and moved to help him. If he was in the home removals business, he would be the one gingerly carrying the precious crystal vase across a treacherously slippery floor. Half-slouched, her elbow rested gingerly on the thin armrest, with her head propped up with her hand. He carries three twelve-pack cartons of beer across the yard to the house, climbs the front stairs and walks gingerly across the rickety veranda. She gingerly pulled the rope of pearls out of the box, staring at them in disbelief, as if she expected them to disappear any moment. Taking the jeweler's loupe from around his neck, he gingerly passed it to her. Her feet hardly touched the stairs as she gingerly crept up the staircase before coming to a pause on the landing. First she took off the ribbon, and then gingerly ripped off the tape holding the paper together. Carefully I slip out from under the covers and I gingerly try putting weight on my bad leg. I made my way up very gingerly and after a slippery scrabble up the last bit, arrived back on the surface, with Alan not far behind. Sarah lifted a slice and gingerly handed it to her, scrumptiously fragrant and piping hot. We gingerly threaded our way through the stalled cars back to our building. In recent issues, I have clung to my bearish outlook but gingerly hinted that a tilt to the bullish side of the ledger was in the offing. I gathered the bedclothes around and grimaced as I gingerly stood, then limped toward the door with my makeshift wrap trailing on the floor. Show More Sentences She gingerly brought her fingertips to the place on her side where the boar's tusk had gouged her. He picked his bruised body gingerly off the floor, cursing as his abused hands twinged with pain. I picked up one of the undamaged copies, and I felt as though I had to handle the pages gingerly. He gingerly probed his scalp, then winced as his hands skimmed over the lump. For three days she remained, unmoving, in front of my stop, and for three days I stepped gingerly over her, holding my breath. He pulled the kitten out of my arms and lowered her into the bag gingerly, snapping it shut. Flowerpots adorn the poolside and servants navigate the steps gingerly carrying dishes laden with goodies. Now that the Australian public service has, rather gingerly, begun recruiting again, Gen Xers are in the box seat. The expert put down the bottle gingerly and looked for someplace to wipe his fingers. I buckled on the belt and clipped the knife to it, then hefted the sword gingerly. Some, like Finland's TietoEnator, are focusing on certain vertical markets while gingerly expanding their global presence. I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand gingerly and turned back to Trey, watching the rain droplets splash on his face. He yelled as he jogged gingerly toward his candy apple red Mirage. He went over to the sofa, limping slightly, and sat down gingerly. In one of the activities men practiced putting the dolls gingerly on their backs to carry them. He is stepping gingerly because of problems with ingrown toenails. Removing the cap to the acid bottle, she gingerly covered it with eight layers of carefully folded foil, sticking the foil down with a piece of duct tape. I gingerly walked down the center staircase and out into what was a chilly, sunny October morning. Over a ton of weight was then lifted gingerly out of the soil by a crane. The famous Treetops hotel started life in a humble way in 1932, when its first visitors gingerly climbed the wild fig tree supporting the two-room tree house. Show More Sentences I lift out one ax, twirl it, slam in the adze, and gingerly test it. Manoeuvring my newly-articulated bike as gingerly as a first-time driver, I moved off with the flag on the back of the trailer fluttering like a Blue Peter. He's saying that gingerly is, basically and traditionally, an adjective, and the adverbial use results as a haplology of the derived form gingerlyly. The old boy got up rather gingerly, but insisted on playing on. A curvy woman, dressed entirely in black, gingerly ambles down the stairs, nearly tripping over the bottom step. Howard and Romano decided to leave King in the chair and carry him in it ever so gingerly down the stairs and out of the store. Mr. Russo had guided his young son's hand as Dominic gingerly dipped the wide brush into the bucket of white paint and then slowly wiped it over the unprimed wood. He progressed gingerly towards the gauze grate in the grimy iron girdered floor and was careful not to get too close as he peered into the gloom below. As midday crowds watched from sidewalks and shops, rescue helicopters set gingerly down on the building top, their rotors pushing smoke streetward as they landed. Athletes must complete a 200-yard circuit, gingerly stepping over obstacles in their path such as fast-food containers, cans of lager and noxious-smelling plimsolls. And so she did, treading gingerly into the deep carpet at first. The head of this family, atop his roof with the rest, poked his head gingerly above the parapet, fearing the worst. In mid-December, 150 people made their way to the retreat center up the steep mountain road from the plains below, driving gingerly over the snowpack and ice. He gingerly lifted it up from its defensive position outside the army barracks and placed it in my hand. I gingerly moved to sit up, but a sharp pain shot through my body. I gingerly picked the whole thing up and headed out of the house. He climbed out of the wagon gingerly, his muscles groaning in protest. And they need to be set straight and gingerly brushed out of the way of said greatness. A quick cut reveals the brothers gingerly hiding their next piece of sheet music. I use a stick to gingerly push aside the stalks and turn over the debris, picking out the dull sheen of a slug here, the progress of a tiny worm there. Show More Sentences Muammar touched the bump on his head gingerly, trying to remember. Amy leapt gingerly up onto the bed and climbed carefully into Tara's lap. Slipping his feet over one end, he gingerly eased himself down. As the tower clears us downwind for landing, we thread our way gingerly through a hurtling mass of aerobating lightplanes. They tested it with their feet, gingerly, making sure the wood wasn't rotten, then stepped onto it and shone their Maglites out into the void. Walker makes it to his back door and gingerly steps into the inky night. Then she walked gingerly to the edge of the balcony to watch her horse Close Harmony go out on to the course for the first race of the afternoon. Possibly, but it will be a polite, even gingerly, supplication. He was up gingerly at the count of seven but was saved by the bell. Examples from Classical Literature The second topman gingerly hoisted the last link in the shaky line of ascent. Hugh John took hold of her dainty gloved fingers as gingerly as if each had been a stinging nettle, and dropped them as quickly. Heaving a sigh of relief, Wilbur crossed gingerly to the safety island and waited for his car. I dont see what you mean by all this mystery, declared Agnes, tasting her first fried egg gingerly enough. He stepped, when they alighted from the lift, as gingerly as though he trod on tacks. If they have to stroke 'em they do it plenty gingerly and you can see 'em shudderin' inside like. Very softly I gathered it up, and making one end fast to the bronze ring in the prow I stepped gingerly into the boat beside me. Jed gingerly shook the extended hand and fled, his face scarlet. Urga got up groggily, feeling gingerly the tender point of his jaw. He was edging his way gingerly around the corner of a precipice where the upper edge of a sharp declivity of ice-glazed snow joined it. With his fingers he gingerly parted his wet, disheveled hair. Then he held up his forepaw as the Mole stepped gingerly down. Tobe set down the pitcher as gingerly as if it had been a soap-bubble. Breathing hard, Groverzb rose and gingerly lifted the spinet's lid. The conductor took his nickel gingerly, with the tips of his fingers, and then left him with the platform to himself. Laurie screwed up his face and obeyed with a gingerly peck at each little cheek that produced another laugh, and made the babies squeal. The king took it very gingerly, and laid it down at his feet. At last, however, we heard the creak of the hinges, and it seems my uncle slipped gingerly out and sate him down on the top doorstep with the blunderbuss ready in his hands. The big fellow, who was known among his mates as Black Michael, tried his leg gingerly, and, finding that it bore his weight, turned to Clayton with a word of gruff thanks. And when we steamed slowly out of the lagoon, making our way gingerly through the opening in the reef, and then steered for the open sea, a certain melancholy fell upon me. Show More Sentences Students were riveted as Weinstein took them on a visual tour of the chest cavity, watching four of their peers dressed in surgical garb gingerly carving up organs and tissue. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of gingerly? Words that rhyme with gingerly What is the adverb for gingerly? What is the adjective for gingerly? What is the noun for gingerly? Translations for gingerly Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words gingerliness gingering ginger-haired gingered gingerbread man gingerbread gingerness gingerol gingerroot gingers gingersnap gingery 8-letter Words Starting With g gi gin ging ginge ginger gingerl