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Webster 1913 Edition
Gingerly
Gin′ger-ly
,adv.
[Prov. E.
ginger
brittle, tender; cf. dial. Sw. gingla
, gängla
, to go gently, totter, akin to E. gang
.] Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily.
What is’t that you took up so
gingerly
? Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Gingerly
GIN'GERLY
,adv.