How do you use Gingerly in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like cautious, plus the exact meaning.
Gingerly meaning
- In a cautious and delicate manner; (very) carefully or cautiously.
- Chiefly of dancing or walking: done with small, dainty steps; daintily; also, with excessive delicacy; affectedly, mincingly.
Synonyms of Gingerly
Using Gingerly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a cautious and delicate manner; (very) carefully or cautiously. | Chiefly of dancing or walking: done with small, dainty steps; daintily; also, with excessive delicacy; affectedly, mincingly.
- Useful related words include: cautious.
- In the example corpus, gingerly often appears in combinations such as: and gingerly, gingerly picked, before gingerly.
Context around Gingerly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gingerly
- In this selection, "gingerly" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lips, university, drivers, walking, suggested and turned stand out and add context to how "gingerly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include along rather gingerly but anyone and and have gingerly shepherded local. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gingerly" sits close to words such as abated, aberrations and activations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gingerly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He walked gingerly off the field with trainers assistance directly to the locker room. (14 words)
Darrisaw gingerly walked off the field with trainers and went directly to the locker room. (15 words)
Debby is expected to move gingerly near the South Carolina coast on Tuesday and Wednesday. (15 words)
President Shehu Shagari tried to move things along rather gingerly but anyone who has watched Onyeka Onwuenu’s BBC-NTA documentary, The Squandering of Riches, might see where Abuja finally lost its way and inherited its perverted DNA. (38 words)
And I will repeat this to myself again and again, a mantra that throbs within every inch of my being and escapes my lips gingerly — I will forgive, but I will not forget. (33 words)
But the errors began to creep in again and he was broken again before hurting himself at 15-30 in the eighth game, which he lost before gingerly walking back to his seat. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
And I will repeat this to myself again and again, a mantra that throbs within every inch of my being and escapes my lips gingerly — I will forgive, but I will not forget.
But the errors began to creep in again and he was broken again before hurting himself at 15-30 in the eighth game, which he lost before gingerly walking back to his seat.
In her response to the AJS panelists, Lila Corwin Berman of Temple University gingerly suggested that historians can go too far in finding evidence of antisemitism when other explanations might suffice.
President Shehu Shagari tried to move things along rather gingerly but anyone who has watched Onyeka Onwuenu’s BBC-NTA documentary, The Squandering of Riches, might see where Abuja finally lost its way and inherited its perverted DNA.
Saif el Islam al Ahmed Mahmoud sat cross-legged on a sheepskin and gingerly turned the pages of an ancient manuscript.
The crumbling road surface sees drivers gingerly go around the deep dents on a road surface more like the than a highway in 21st Century Gloucestershire.
When enquired by one of the local officials, Surya was heard saying he felt fine as he walked off gingerly.
A guard of honour gingerly delivered Mulroney's flag-shrouded casket before Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and husband Whit Fraser entered to pay her respects.
At the 17th green, Tiger bent over gingerly to pick up a wayward leaf, then stretched his back and worked his left ankle in circles before making a 5-footer for par.
Darrisaw gingerly walked off the field with trainers and went directly to the locker room.
Debby is expected to move gingerly near the South Carolina coast on Tuesday and Wednesday.
For the last several days, state transportation officials have urged motorists to avoid the area and have gingerly shepherded local and emergency traffic around the missing section of highway.
He walked gingerly off the field with trainers assistance directly to the locker room.
Jota appeared to be the biggest blow as he was taken off on a stretcher before being spotted limping gingerly in the tunnel during the second half.
Lexus S.U.V.s cruise new highways but must still gingerly wade through knee-deep floods in Georgetown when it rains, thanks to bad drainage.
Not one to gingerly dip his toes into new territory, Fitzgerald kicked off his new venture by purchasing 50 pounds of beeswax.
Taran and family were gingerly making their way on foot to the famous reverse waterfall at Naneghat, Junnar, in the Western Ghats.
The two men helped responders secure the pilot onto a board and carried him gingerly downhill toward the helicopter.
The youngster came out for the second half but just before the referee blew for the restart, Rovers' bench signalled for a change with McGrath heading across gingerly as he was replaced.
Whichever you choose, scoop out soil, and gingerly place in the hollows, allowing an eight-inch diameter between individual herbs.
Common combinations with gingerly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and gingerly 4×
- gingerly picked 3×
- before gingerly 2×
- gingerly but 2×
- gingerly to 2×
- walked gingerly 2×
- gingerly in 2×
- to gingerly 2×