gingerly

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. zarf In a cautious and delicate manner; (very) carefully or cautiously.

   “He placed the glass jar gingerly on the concrete step.”

2. zarf Chiefly of dancing or walking: done with small, dainty steps; daintily; also, with excessive delicacy; affectedly, mincingly.

   “Oh! ſhe lookes ſo ſugredly, ſo ſimpringly, ſo gingerly, ſo amarouſly, ſo amiably. […] [She] is ſuch an intycing ſhee-vvitch, carrying the charmes of your Ievvels about her. Oh!”

3. sıfat Often of movements: very careful, cautious, or delicate.

   “But, ther's somethin' in the very look and voice of Jeems Strebling, even in his gingerly walk, that riles all the black drop in me.”

4. sıfat Often of a person or the way they move: dainty, delicate; also, excessively delicate; affected, mincing.

   “All yᵉ rest of my trimmest, tricksiest, gingerliest ioyes, / But very tædious and most odious toyes?”