You call this work? A boy doesn't get a chance to whitewash a fence every day, replied Sam, gingerly brushing a board with care. From LearnThat.org. [Mark Twain (1835-1910).]
gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
New Americans tested the label gingerly, often choosing to embrace multiple cultures. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
He pronounced the word gingerly, distastefully, as if it were a curious, unwonted one. From Wordnik.com. [The Lee Shore] Reference
How can such dissimulation (I use that term gingerly) then be blamed on the ones being taught?. From Wordnik.com. [Mormon Stories Podcast Archive] Reference
He rose gingerly from the cart - two strokes and a broken hip in recent years make it hard for him to walk. From Wordnik.com. [Williams honored at All-Star fest] Reference
But in fact I use that word gingerly the reader is being manipulated. From Wordnik.com. [Morality, Irony, and Fiction] Reference
I'll concede that "gingerly" has been used as an adverb for 400 years, and nobody's ever complained about it before. From Wordnik.com. ['Equation,' 'Gingerly' And Other Linguistic Pet Peeves] Reference
I felt awkward as I did not know the meaning of 'gingerly'. From Wordnik.com. [rediff.com] Reference
Giles and his ally knew their business well enough to see that they must go to work "gingerly" to recover their lost Limpet. From Wordnik.com. [The Willoughby Captains] Reference
"gingerly," notwithstanding his assurances that the butterflies could take care of themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Cuckoo Clock] Reference
Mom would open the door and we'd approach him gingerly. From Wordnik.com. [The Vegetable Man] Reference
But his face lightened when I gingerly asked about his mother. From Wordnik.com. [A MONUMENT TO REBIRTH] Reference
Keary agreed that people are a great source -- if handled gingerly. From Wordnik.com. [In job search, salary information often requires digging a little deeper] Reference
When the howling stopped, they gingerly peered out at Cutler Ridge. From Wordnik.com. [What Went Wrong] Reference
Thus far, General Musharraf has handled this martial change gingerly. From Wordnik.com. [Muzzling The Militants] Reference
Gates gradually learned to move more gingerly in the world of artists. From Wordnik.com. [Picture This] Reference
Deianeira pecked at me as I tried to gingerly slide the eggs under her. From Wordnik.com. [The Chicken Chronicles] Reference
He lay face down on the grass for an agonizing minute before rising gingerly. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of A 'Beautiful Story'] Reference
But to the extent Ross Perot can be handled, the GOP will have to do it gingerly. From Wordnik.com. [A Pilgrimage To Perot] Reference
Aides who gingerly asked about the true cost of the program were told to be quiet. From Wordnik.com. ['Ask Not'--'90S Style] Reference
Cullen and O'Reilly gingerly reached into an oil-slick swell to pull out a woman's body. From Wordnik.com. [Death On Flight 800] Reference
Now AOL is shepherding ICQ gingerly so as not to disrupt the service's grass-roots swell. From Wordnik.com. [The Friendly Virus] Reference
I love the way the girl is gingerly holding her waist like it's a maggot-ridden dead body. From Wordnik.com. [Dlisted - Be Very Afraid] Reference
I'm sure judges will step more gingerly in deciding whether to close doors on jury selection. From Wordnik.com. [The First Amendment on Trial] Reference
And they must step through them ever so gingerly, no matter how awkward they look in the process. From Wordnik.com. [Who's Sorry Now?] Reference
But asked to discuss her influence, some of the new president's aides handle the question gingerly. From Wordnik.com. [Warm-Up Lessons] Reference
Then they washed their clothes in the lake, stepping gingerly along a shore befouled byhuman waste. From Wordnik.com. [A Family's Terrifying Odyssey] Reference
Detroit officials are unlikely to overlook such lessons as they move gingerly ahead with the Green case. From Wordnik.com. [Detroit's Brutal Lessons] Reference
The White House -- which had a rocky relationship with the commission -- plans to handle the report gingerly. From Wordnik.com. [9/11 Commission: D's and F's on Counterterror-Reform Report Card] Reference
When I pushed the pedal more gingerly, the CLS moved into higher gears and relaxed into the gas-sipping stage. From Wordnik.com. [Tip Sheet] Reference
Staring into a huge 1996 gender gap, Republicans are stepping gingerly, refusing to challenge the plan frontally. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Pulls Up His Socks] Reference
Putin knows he must move gingerly: whether Washington's policy is right or not, America is still the only superpower. From Wordnik.com. [What’s Putin’s Game?] Reference
Anyone from my high school could be there, seeing me in my bathing suit, and this awareness made me step gingerly. From Wordnik.com. [Euro-car at the Pool] Reference
Still in treatment, Joel steps gingerly, trying to knit the fabric of his life back together strand by strand and heal the damage. From Wordnik.com. [Mortgage and Marriage Modification] Reference
For years reformers have gingerly explored ways to relax some of China's worst human-rights abuses from within the communist system. From Wordnik.com. [The Wheels Of Justice] Reference
More than a few suit-and-tie Americans, having bridled at the normalcy of their lives, now pass gingerly through airport metal detectors. From Wordnik.com. [Think Of It As Therapy] Reference
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