gingerly

Significat (Anglès)

Adv

1. In a cautious and delicate manner; (very) carefully or cautiously.
2. (obsolete) Chiefly of dancing or walking: done with small, dainty steps; daintily; also, with excessive delicacy; affectedly, mincingly.

Adj

1. Often of movements: very careful, cautious, or delicate.
2. (obsolete) Often of a person or the way they move: dainty, delicate; also, excessively delicate; affected, mincing.

Conceptes

prudent

cautelós

suaument

Sinònims

cautiously

carefully

cautious

fearfully

closely

forehanded

gingery

guarded

nervously

noncommittal

offish

prudent

qualified

reserved

timidly

uncommunicative

undemonstrative

wary

with great caution

chary of

canny

precautionarily

careful

chary

circumspectly

Traduccions

précautionneusement

behutsam

voorzichtig

cauteloso

yavaşça

ihtiyatlı

yavaş

behoedzaam

recatado

επιφυλακτικός

cautamente

tedbirli

leniter

con circospezione

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒəli/

Etimologia (Anglès)

The second element is -ly; the first element may be Anglo-Norman gençur or Old French gençor, gensor, comparative forms (also attested as positives) of gent (“beautiful, noble, pleasant, courteous”). The Oxford English Dictionary notes, however, that there is a gap of a few centuries between the last appearance of gençor, etc., and the first appearance of gingerly.
The adjective is derived from the adverb, possibly because -ly is also a suffix forming adjectives.