Gin"ger*ly, adv. [Prov. E. ginger brittle, tender; cf. dial. Sw. gingla, gangla, to go gently, totter, akin to E. gang.]
Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily.
What is't that you took up so gingerly ? Shak.
© Webster 1913.
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