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).]

They proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket.    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

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

But asked to discuss her influence, some of the new president's aides handle the question gingerly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warm-Up Lessons] 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