- Types Of Speech
- You can use gingerly as a adverb or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Gingerly
- A 3 syllables adverb and 8 letters with the letters e, g, i, l, n, r, and y, 6 consonants, 2 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters ge. Gingerly starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters g, gi, gin, ging, ginge, and the ending characters are y, ly, rly, erly, gerly, ..
- Definition
- 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
- Origin/Roots
- Old French
- School Grade
- Gingerly is set as a sat word that starts with g, ends with y, 3 syllables, 2 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Gingerly in Pig Latin is said as "ingerlygay or ingerlygway".
- Unigram
- g | i | n | g | e | r | l | y
- Bigram
- gi | in | ng | ge | er | rl | ly
- Trigram
- gin | ing | nge | ger | erl | rly
- Quadrigram
- ging | inge | nger | gerl | erly
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- 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
- Adverb Examples
- in a gingerly manner;
"gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Advertent | giving attention |
| Argus Eyed | |
| Aware | aware or knowing "a witting tool of the Communists" |
| Bashfully | in a shy or timid or bashful manner "he smiled shyly" |
| Cagey | characterized by great cautious and wariness "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer" "chary of the risks involved" "a chary investor" |
| Cagily | in a cagey manner "`I don''t know yet,'' he answered cagily" |
| Cagy | characterized by great cautious and wariness "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer" "chary of the risks involved" "a chary investor" |
| Calculating | used of persons "the most calculating and selfish men in the community" |
| Calculative | used of persons "the most calculating and selfish men in the community" |
| Cannily | with foresight "more presciently than they superiors, these workers grasped the economic situation" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Gingerly
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gingerly | 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 |
View English words with the unique letters used in gingerly. Words With The Letters Egilnry
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cautious | people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid" |
Gingerly Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With G
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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