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gingerly 音标拼音: [dʒ'ɪndʒɚli] ad. 小心翼翼地,慎重地
a. 慎重的,谨慎的 小心翼翼地,慎重地慎重的,谨慎的 gingerly adv 1: in a gingerly manner; " gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket" adj 1: with extreme care or delicacy; " they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones"; " the issue was handled only in a gingerly way"- W. S. WhiteGingerly \ Gin" ger* ly\, adv. [ Prov. E. ginger brittle, tender; cf. dial. Sw. gingla, g[ aum] ngla, to go gently, totter, akin to E. gang.] Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily. [ 1913 Webster] What is' t that you took up so gingerly ? -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 54 Moby Thesaurus words for " gingerly": calculating, cannily, canny, careful, carefully, cautious, cautiously, charily, chary, circumspect, circumspectly, considerate, daintily, dainty, deliberate, delicate, delicately, discreet, fastidious, guarded, guardedly, heedful, hesitant, judicious, leaving out nothing, mindful, nervous, noncommittal, on guard, overlooking no possibility, pawky, politic, prudent, regardful, safe, shy, shyly, slow to act, squeamish, tentative, tentatively, thorough, timid, timidly, timorous, timorously, unadventurous, uncommunicative, undaring, unenterprising, unprecipitate, warily, wary, watchful
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