gingerly in the PONS Dictionary

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It is a wound and needs to be dealt with gingerly.
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I am, after all, balancing rather gingerly on a stand-up paddleboard.
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When a man stands gingerly on the edge of an abyss, he knows he has nothing to lose.
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He appeared with his forelegs heavily bandaged and was described as moving gingerly in the paddock before the race.
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The feline gingerly walked up and straight into a cage.
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As we picked our way gingerly between the plots, at first it was hard to distinguish one from another.
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He gingerly tries again; the same thing happens.
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This feature saves the task of gingerly disassembling the instrument's protective casing while aboard a rolling ship.
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Two of his officers gingerly queried whether the order was correct, and he brusquely confirmed that it was.
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Following these incidents the race was a gingerly affair, with those behind the leading trio not driving to win but to stay on the circuit.
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