gingerly
(adjective) with extreme care or delicacy; “they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones”; “the issue was handled only in a gingerly way”- W.S.White
gingerly
(adverb) in a gingerly manner; “gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gingerly (comparative more gingerly, superlative most gingerly)
In a delicate and cautious manner.
gingerly (comparative more gingerly, superlative most gingerly)
Very careful or cautious.
• niggerly
Source: Wiktionary
Gin"ger*ly, adv. Etym: [Prov. E. ginger brittle, tender; cf. dial. Sw. gingla, gängla, to go gently, totter, akin to E. gang.]
Definition: Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily. What is't that you took up so gingerly Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 February 2025
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
