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# gingerly

«gingerly» in Mova's school dictionary: **afraid of hurting yourself or breaking something, or of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (gingerly); adjective (gingerly — less common)

### meaning for a pupil

Very carefully and slowly, because you are afraid of hurting yourself or breaking something, or of what might happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gingerly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories to show caution: she stepped gingerly onto the ice. In everyday life and safety: moving gingerly over something slippery or touching something sore. Alice goes gingerly near strange creatures; Mole steps gingerly into the boat.

### examples

- She stepped gingerly onto the frozen pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gingerly/#x1)
- He touched his bruised knee gingerly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gingerly/#x2)
- Mole climbed gingerly into the boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gingerly/#x3)
- Alice picked up the bottle gingerly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gingerly/#x4)
- The vet lifted the hurt puppy gingerly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gingerly/#x5)
- We walked gingerly across the wobbly bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gingerly/#x6)
- He gingerly opened the box to see what was inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gingerly/#x7)
- He held it gingerly for a few moments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gingerly/#x8)

### note

Although it ends in -ly, it does not come from «ginger» the spice or hair colour. Say «JIN-jer-lee». Mostly an adverb.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gingerly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gingerly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.