as in careful
having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble
gave the cork on the bottle of champagne a gingerly twist
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Recent Examples of gingerly
Kang-Chun Cheng, Christian Science Monitor, 9 July 2025
Unlike the gingerly approach to easing restrictions targeting the spread of the virus, the country is split over reopening businesses and schools.
—Kendall Karson, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2021
Jerry Saltz, Curbed, 20 Mar. 2026
Dach fell to the ice with his face in his gloves before gingerly making his way to the bench, and eventually to the dressing room.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Despite the satisfaction that handlers take in gingerly nursing pangolins back to their full strength, the center’s location and the handlers’ identities must remain a secret.
—Kang-Chun Cheng, Christian Science Monitor, 9 July 2025
Unlike the gingerly approach to easing restrictions targeting the spread of the virus, the country is split over reopening businesses and schools.
—Kendall Karson, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2021
Adverb
The slippery floors had others walking gingerly.
—Jerry Saltz, Curbed, 20 Mar. 2026
Dach fell to the ice with his face in his gloves before gingerly making his way to the bench, and eventually to the dressing room.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gingerly
Adjective
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Orion is a tight space for four people to navigate, so the crew members have a careful choreography to maximize the data the astronauts can gather.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
4 Apr. 2026
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Through careful tuning of an extended Kalman filter and by taking advantage of bamboo’s natural vibration-damping properties, the system slashes control latency from 15–20 milliseconds down to just 8–10 milliseconds, enhancing responsiveness while keeping flight stable.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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For the most part, royal families dress very carefully; in keeping with their formal dress codes, their wardrobe choices are usually thoughtfully selected, with subtle theming or references, as well as more overt tributes via color or jewelry choice.—
Katherine J Igoe,
InStyle,
5 Apr. 2026
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Some of the imagery seen by Ferreira’s character is genuine content culled from online, carefully trimmed.—
Mark Olsen,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Be wary of using manipulation tactics to keep someone close as Venus clashes with Pluto.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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Beijing would also be acutely wary of any agreement that would require it to monitor and punish ceasefire violations – especially one that could potentially pull it into conflict with the US.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Seeking to cancel his year-long fraud, bribery, and breach-of-trust trial, Netanyahu formally requested a pardon from President Isaac Herzog in November.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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Each member of the family dressed formally for the outing, with George and Louis appearing to coordinate their outfits with their father.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Be cautious of calls or emails claiming to be from your bank asking for verification or urgent action.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Be cautious — but don’t write off rattlesnakes as vicious, the experts say.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Fortunately, the New York State Writers Institute at the University at Albany has been methodically recording thousands of writers’ events since 1983, when it was founded by the novelist William Kennedy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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The Pios led 4-1 after a period and put the clamps down, methodically squeezing the clock and the Broncos’ hopes of a repeat title, a shift at a time.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Markus Redmond rounded out the cast as orderly turned EMT Raymond.—
Kelly Martinez,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Mar. 2026
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Keep boots upright and orderly by using boot trees, cardboard tubes, or even a short length of PVC pipe.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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In many companies, this material is scattered across fragmented digital systems or buried in analog archives that have never been systematically organized.—
Jason Dressel,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
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By systematically applying color to sections of these overlapping forms, Bettina seemed to punch upward and drill downward through the dense honeycomb, creating a sense of three-dimensional space on the page.—
Katherine Rochester,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Gingerly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gingerly. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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