Definition for Gingerly:

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

Synonyms for Gingerly:

• adj.

  •calculating (adjective)
  • politic,
  • canny.
  •cautious (adjective)
  • judicious,
  • playing it cool,
  • watchful,
  • tentative,
  • cagey,
  • vigilant,
  • alert,
  • heedful.
  •chary (adjective)
  • frugal,
  • economical.
  •circumspect (adjective)
  • deliberate.
  •discreet (adjective)
  • reasonable,
  • conservative,
  • noncommittal,
  • Precautious,
  • reserved.
  •gingerly (adjective)
  • reluctant,
  • dainty,
  • hesitant,
  • considerate,
  • squeamish,
  • delicate,
  • timid,
  • suspicious,
  • fastidious.

• adv.

  •carefully (adverb)
  • scrupulously.
  •gingerly (adverb)
  • charily,
  • squeamishly,
  • safely,
  • daintily,
  • reluctantly,
  • hesitantly.

• n.

  •
  • minutely,
  • deliberately,
  • jealously,
  • critically,
  • thoroughly,
  • closely,
  • studiously.
  •
  • prudent,
  • careful.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • forehanded.
  •Other relevant words:
  • regardful,
  • timorously,
  • mindful,
  • prudential,
  • piano,
  • pawky,
  • moderately,
  • easily,
  • tentatively,
  • nervously,
  • nervous,
  • precautional,
  • in reason,
  • cagy,
  • shyly,
  • unadventurous,
  • playing it safe,
  • uncommunicative,
  • judiciously,
  • gradually,
  • mindfully,
  • shy,
  • choosy,
  • timorous,
  • within bounds,
  • lightly,
  • redly,
  • easy,
  • cool,
  • undaring,
  • precautionary,
  • unenterprising,
  • thorough,
  • on guard,
  • cannily.

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.