Vocabulary Word
Word: gingerly
Definition: very carefully; ADJ.
Definition: very carefully; ADJ.
Sentences Containing 'gingerly'
The perilous`Graveyard,'among whose numberless wrecks we used to pick our way so slowly and gingerly, is far away from the channel now, and a terror to nobody.
More Vocab Words
::: nuance - shade of slight difference in meaning or color; subtle distinction::: curmudgeon - churlish, miserly individual; bad-tempered old person
::: ostentatious - showy; trying to attract attention; pretentious; N. ostentation: showy display
::: careen - lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger
::: insurmountable - overwhelming; unbeatable; insuperable
::: wanton - unrestrained; gratuitously cruel; willfully malicious; unchaste; sexually improper; promiscuous; Ex. wanton spending/killing; CF. having no just cause
::: dissonance - discord
::: blasphemy - irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege
::: arid - (of land) dry; barren; unproductive
::: edifice - building (of imposing size)
