gingerly
[adverb]
Synonyms: cautiously, carefully, charily, circumspectly, hesitantly, reluctantly, suspiciously, timidly, warily

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gin‧ger‧ly /ˈdʒɪndʒəli $ -ər-/ adverb, adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old French gensor 'more small and graceful', from gent 'born into high rank, small and graceful']
if you move gingerly, or touch something gingerly, you do it in a slow careful way, because you are afraid it will be dangerous or painful Synonym : carefully:
He gingerly felt his way along the dark tunnel.

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