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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gingerly/ˈʤɪnʤəli/
▶adverb in a careful or cautious manner. ▶adjective showing great care or caution.
– derivatives
gingerliness noun.
gingerliness noun.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘daintily, mincingly’): perh. from OFr. gensor ‘delicate’, compar. of gent ‘graceful’, from L. genitus ‘(well) born’.
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