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gingerly

[jin-jer-lee] / ˈdʒɪn dʒər li /




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Gingerly exiting my car, I walked backward and then put my hands behind my back, following commands.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2022

Gingerly they pull the canvases from the wall and carefully manoeuvre them down the four ladders separating them from the ground.

From BBC • May 3, 2022

Gingerly, from behind the skull, he removed a small metal ray gun.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 9, 2019

Gingerly I got back on my rental bike and limped up the last mile or so on the steep 10 percent grade into Ward.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2014

Gingerly she untied the tight leather strip and let it fall away.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry




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