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   gingerly

   /ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒəli/

   adverb

   • 1. in a careful or cautious manner: "Jackson sat down very gingerly"

   adjective

   • 1. showing great care or caution: "a gingerly pace"

   Word Origin early 16th century (in the sense ‘daintily, mincingly’): perhaps from Old French gensor ‘delicate’, comparative of gent ‘graceful’, from Latin genitus ‘(well-) born’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. gingerliness noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • G

     2

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

     2

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • L

     1

   • Y

     4

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