gingerly
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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, 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 we did so, and while we did, I was very careful to keep my hands away from his face, fearing I would damage his eyes.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2014
Gingerly at first, then ravenously, she fed herself.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Vocabulary lists containing gingerly
A Long Walk to Water
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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List 6
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