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gingerlinesses

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gin⋅ger⋅ly

  [jin-jer-lee]
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–adverb
1. with great care or caution; warily.
–adjective
2. cautious, careful, or wary.
Origin:
1510–20; ginger-, perh. < MF gensor, genzor delicate, pretty, positive use of compar. of gent gentle; see -ly

Related forms:
gin⋅ger⋅li⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. cautiously, carefully, prudently.
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Word Origin & History

gingerly 
1519, "elegantly, daintily," perhaps from O.Fr. gensor, comp. of gent "dainty, delicate," from L. gentius "(well)-born." Meaning "extremely cautiously" is from 1607.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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