Definition for Gingerly:

• in a gingerly manner; " gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket"

Synonyms for Gingerly:

• adj.

  •calculating (adjective)
  • guileful,
  • devious,
  • politic,
  • machiavellian,
  • sly,
  • designing,
  • Premeditating,
  • sharp,
  • scheming,
  • artful,
  • cunning,
  • canny,
  • more intelligent,
  • wily,
  • manipulative,
  • shrewd,
  • crafty,
  • intelligent,
  • Contriving,
  • shrewdest.
  •cautious (adjective)
  • playing it cool,
  • tentative,
  • cagey,
  • taking it easy,
  • with one's eyes peeled,
  • hedging one's bets,
  • watchful,
  • pussyfoot,
  • walking on eggs,
  • all ears,
  • vigilant,
  • thinking twice,
  • watching out,
  • playing safe,
  • heedful,
  • leery,
  • forethoughtful,
  • alert,
  • provident,
  • keeping on one's toes,
  • judicious,
  • taking it slow,
  • on the lookout,
  • watching one's step.
  •chary (adjective)
  • scrupulous,
  • loath,
  • sparing,
  • inhibited,
  • frugal,
  • miserly,
  • thrifty,
  • stingy,
  • constrained,
  • economical,
  • particular,
  • restrained,
  • uneasy.
  •circumspect (adjective)
  • meticulous,
  • sage,
  • sagacious,
  • observant,
  • deliberate,
  • punctilious,
  • attentive,
  • discriminating.
  •discreet (adjective)
  • worldly-wise,
  • reasonable,
  • civil,
  • Precautious,
  • non-committal,
  • thoughtful,
  • strategic,
  • noncommittal,
  • having foresight,
  • temperate,
  • reserved,
  • not rash,
  • on lookout,
  • worldly wise,
  • controlled,
  • discerning,
  • conservative,
  • awake,
  • moderate,
  • wise,
  • diplomatic,
  • wisest,
  • tactful,
  • like a clam.
  •gingerly (adjective)
  • reluctant,
  • dainty,
  • hesitant,
  • considerate,
  • squeamish,
  • delicate,
  • timid,
  • suspicious,
  • fastidious.
  •guarded (adjective)
  • reticent.
  •safe (adjective)
  • SAFER,
  • safest,
  • on safe side,
  • unadventurous.
  •wary (adjective)
  • most unwasteful,
  • wide awake,
  • un-wasteful,
  • on qui vive,
  • dis-trustful,
  • un wasteful,
  • dis trustful,
  • more unwasteful.

• adv

  •softly (adverb)
  • tenderly.

• adv.

  •all (adverb)
  • gingerly.
  •carefully (adverb)
  • fully,
  • scrupulously,
  • precisely,
  • honorably,
  • exactly,
  • particularly,
  • correctly,
  • faithfully.
  •gingerly (adverb)
  • charily,
  • squeamishly,
  • safely,
  • daintily,
  • reluctantly,
  • hesitantly.

• n.

  •
  • jealously,
  • with a critical eye,
  • thoroughly,
  • minutely,
  • critically,
  • studiously,
  • closely,
  • deliberately.
  •
  • prudent,
  • careful.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • forehanded.

Antonyms for Gingerly:

• adj.

  • calculating
    artless, naive, uncalculating, unassuming.
  • cautious
    thoughtless, imprudent, incautious, heedless, unobservant, hasty, unguarded.
  • chary
    willing.
  • circumspect
    indiscreet, audacious, bold, Uncircumspect, unheedful.
  • discreet
    reckless, undiscerning, foolish.
  • gingerly
    rough, careless, rash, uncareful, Uncautious.
  • guarded
    unwatchful, unsuspicious.
  • Other antonyms:
    inattentive, inadvertent, neglectful, injudicious, unintentional, impetuous, unsafe, regardless, negligent, absentminded, forgetful, asleep, venturesome, unmindful, lax, remiss, brash, inconsiderate, unplanned, unwary.

• adv.

  • carefully
    thoughtlessly, incautiously.
  • gingerly
    roughly, carelessly, rashly, uncarefully, Uncautiously.
  • lightly
    effortfully, heavily.

Gingerly Sentence Examples:

• Helen placed herself rather gingerly on a proffered chair, and looked at the wee bundle in the woman's arms.

• You needn't dodge your heads about so gingerly.