gingerly

gingerly
adverb
  1. in a careful or cautious manner
    小心地,谨慎地
    Jackson sat down very gingerly.
    杰克逊小心翼翼地坐下。
adjective
  1. showing great care or caution
    小心的,谨慎的
    with strangers the preliminaries are taken at a gingerly pace.
    有新来者在场,所以开场的客套进行得小心而拘谨。
派生
gingerliness
noun
语源
  1. early 16th cent. (in the sense 'daintily, mincingly'): perhaps from Old French gensor 'delicate', comparative of gent 'graceful', from Latin genitus ('well-) born'
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