gingerly
The word “gingerly” has 3 syllables: gin-ger-ly
It's pronounced as /ˈdʒɪndʒərli/
What is synonym and antonym for gingerly?
In the thesaurus, “gingerly” has 44 synonyms and 59 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for gingerly along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for gingerly
- advertent
- alert
- attentive
- awake
- cagey
- cagy
- calculating
- canny
- careful
- carefully
- cautious
- chary
- circumspect
- conservative
- considerate
- deliberate
- deliberately
- foresighted
- foresightful
- forethoughtful
- formally
- guarded
- heedful
- hypercautious
- intentionally
- methodically
- meticulously
- observant
- orderly
- provident
- punctiliously
- purposefully
- purposely
- regardful
- safe
- shrewd
- slow
- systematically
- thoughtful
- ultracareful
- ultracautious
- vigilant
- wary
- watchful
Antonyms for gingerly
- absentminded
- accidentally
- aimlessly
- anyhow
- anyway
- anywise
- arbitrarily
- asleep
- bold
- brash
- capriciously
- careless
- carelessly
- casually
- desultorily
- erratically
- forgetful
- fortuitously
- haphazard
- haphazardly
- heedless
- helter-skelter
- hit or miss
- impetuous
- imprudent
- inadvertent
- inadvertently
- inattentive
- incautious
- inconsiderate
- indiscreet
- indiscriminately
- informally
- injudicious
- irregularly
- lax
- neglectful
- negligent
- offhand
- offhandedly
- promiscuously
- randomly
- rash
- reckless
- regardless
- remiss
- thoughtless
- unconsciously
- unguarded
- unintentional
- unintentionally
- unmindful
- unplanned
- unsafe
- unwary
- unwittingly
- venturesome
- whimsically
- willy-nilly
Meanings of gingerly
- adjective
- Very careful or cautious.
Example Sentences
- She stepped gingerly across the icy sidewalk.
- He held the newborn puppy gingerly in his hands.
- The hiker moved gingerly over the loose rocks.
- She opened the old book gingerly, afraid the pages might tear.
- He touched the bruise gingerly to see if it still hurt.
On this page you'll find 103 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gingerly, such as: absentminded, accidentally, advertent, aimlessly, alert, anyhow, anyway.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
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ultracareful
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calculating
- Machiavellian
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- cagey
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- insidious
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faintly
- agilely
- airily
- almost inconceivably
- almost not
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- carelessly
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- heedlessly
- imperceptibly
- in a low voice
- in a whisper
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- in silence
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- leniently
- little
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- moderately
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- nimbly
- no more than
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- noiselessly
- not a bit
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- not by much
- not likely
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- only
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