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gingerly    音标拼音: [dʒ'ɪndʒɚli]
ad. 小心翼翼地,慎重地
a. 慎重的,谨慎的

小心翼翼地,慎重地慎重的,谨慎的

gingerly
adv 1: in a gingerly manner; "gingerly I raised the edge of the
blanket"
adj 1: with extreme care or delicacy; "they proceeded with
gingerly footwork over the jagged stones"; "the issue was
handled only in a gingerly way"- W.S.White

Gingerly \Gin"ger*ly\, adv. [Prov. E. ginger brittle, tender;
cf. dial. Sw. gingla, g[aum]ngla, to go gently, totter, akin
to E. gang.]
Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily.
[1913 Webster]

What is't that you took up so gingerly ? --Shak.
[1913 Webster]


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  • origin of gingerly - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    The word gingerly is: (from www wordhistories com) an adverb meaning in a careful or cautious manner, and an adjective meaning showing great care or caution Aller à pas menu: To go nicely, tread gingerly, mince it like a maid (Randle Cotgrave – A Dictionary of the French and English tongues – 1611) Gingerly:
  • Is walking gingerly the first usage of gingerly? And why did it . . .
    Your best bet for questions like this is the Oxford English DIctionary The first edition is available online without charge; it says that in its earliest use (early 16th century) gingerly was chiefly applied to dancing and walking, with the sense "daintily, elegantly" The origin is uncertain, but there is apparently no etymological connection
  • Gingerly, the adjective and adverb - English Language Usage Stack . . .
    The adjective wary and adverb warily each have gingerly as a synonym, instead of the adjectival form being ginger If it were ginger , I could also imagine the adverb being the flat ginger I hesitate before calling the adverb gingerly flat because, while it is indeed equivalent to its associated adjective rather than gaining a suffix, the
  • Can ginger be used as an adjective with the same sense as gingerly?
    The Oxford English Dictionary lists “ginger” as a synonymous backformation of “gingerly” (and unrelated to the plant color “ginger”), with examples dating back as far as 1600 Of the modern examples it says “chiefly English regional and North American” Being American, I agree that it sounds natural in some cases:
  • meaning - Is there a word for “carefully planning your future” or . . .
    Prudent is explicitly about planning ahead: Oxford dictionary: prudent adjective Acting with or showing care and thought for the future
  • etymology - Origin of walking on eggshells? - English Language . . .
    Or perhaps it's from when you're trying to find where your chickens hid their eggs, and need to walk gingerly in the area Discussion in the comments raises doubts about whether there's anything more to the question than the earliest attested use of the saying: the meaning is so obvious that there couldn't be too much to it getting coined
  • Adverb Meaning so as not to damage something delicate or fragile
    tenderly gingerly meticulously precisely attentively tenuously tentatively Some of these are sorta what I'm looking for, but I feel like theres a better one, and some of these only capture part of the meaning of what I'm trying to say P S
  • Term or phrase for False etymology explanations
    False etymology: (pseudoetymology, paraetymology or paretymology), sometimes called folk etymology although this is also a technical term in linguistics, is a popularly held but false belief about the origins of specific words, often originating in "common-sense" assumptions
  • What is the exact meaning of the oh so lt;adjective gt; idiom?
    What does "oh-so-" mean? The expression "oh-so-" is an intensifier, a linguistic term for a modifier that "serves to enhance and give additional emotional context to the word it modifies"
  • etymology - Why is gee-gee slang for horse? - English Language . . .
    This Wikipedia article gives this explanation for the origin of the word gee-gee: The Chester Racecourse site was home to the famous and bloody Goteddsday football match





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