English-Thai Dictionary

gingerly

ADJ ระมัดระวัง  ละเอียด รอบคอบ  ประ ณีต  forehanded prudent wary ra-mad-ra-wang

 

gingerly

ADV ระมัดระวัง  ละเอียด รอบคอบ  ประ ณีต  carefully cautiously incautiously ra-mad-ra-wang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GINGERLY

adv. Nicely; cautiously. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GINGERLY

Gin "ger *ly, adv. Etym: [Prov. E. ginger brittle, tender; cf. dial. Sw. gingla, gängla, to go gently, totter, akin to E. gang. ]

 

Defn: Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily. What is't that you took up so gingerly Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gingerly

gin ger ly |ˈjinjərlē ˈʤɪnʤərli | ▶adverb in a careful or cautious manner: Jackson sat down very gingerly. ▶adjective showing great care or caution: with strangers the preliminaries are taken at a gingerly pace. DERIVATIVES gin ger li ness noun ORIGIN early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘daintily, mincingly ’): perhaps from Old French gensor ‘delicate, ’ comparative of gent ‘graceful, ’ from Latin genitus ‘well-born. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

gingerly

gin |ger ¦ly |ˈdʒɪndʒəli | ▶adverb in a careful or cautious manner: Jackson sat down very gingerly. ▶adjective showing great care or caution: a gingerly pace. DERIVATIVES gingerliness noun ORIGIN early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘daintily, mincingly ’): perhaps from Old French gensor ‘delicate ’, comparative of gent ‘graceful ’, from Latin genitus ‘(well- ) born ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gingerly

gingerly adverb he stepped gingerly on to the ice: cautiously, carefully, with care, warily, charily, circumspectly, delicately; heedfully, watchfully, vigilantly, attentively; hesitantly, timidly. ANTONYMS recklessly.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gingerly

gingerly adverb he stepped gingerly on to the ice: cautiously, carefully, with caution, with care, circumspectly, delicately, warily, charily, guardedly, prudently, judiciously, on one's guard, on the alert, on the lookout, on the qui vive, suspiciously, attentively, heedfully, watchfully, vigilantly, observantly, alertly, cannily; hesitantly, timidly, timorously. ANTONYMS carelessly; recklessly.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gingerly

gin ger ly /dʒɪ́n (d )ʒə r li /形容詞 副詞 非常に用心深い [く ], きわめて慎重な [に ], こわごわ .