gingerly
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Is gingerly a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of gingerly?
Definition
adv (English)
1. (obsolete) Chiefly of dancing or walking: done with small, dainty steps; daintily; also, with excessive delicacy; affectedly, mincingly.Examples: "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!"obsolete
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Often of a person or the way they move: dainty, delicate; also, excessively delicate; affected, mincing.Examples: "All yᵉ rest of my trimmest, tricksiest, gingerliest ioyes, / But very tædious and most odious toyes?"obsolete
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