gingerliness

She was barely gone when, with care— almost gingerliness—he began to unwrap the neat roll.

The Summer I Dared Barbara Delinsky 2004

She was barely gone when, with care— almost gingerliness—he began to unwrap the neat roll.

The Summer I Dared Barbara Delinsky 2004

They also can learn forgotten languages, social or political, which, used with appropriate gingerliness as a means of interpreting the present, win respect for critiques of contemporary dogma that would seem outrageous if delivered in contemporary terms.

America Absolved DeMott, Benjamin 1963

Bob and Nellie were presently seen in the distance, in close colloquy with the guard, who, after a bit, lugged out from his van, with much deliberation of movement and ` gingerliness 'of manner, a huge black retriever, who apparently did not wish just then to issue forth from his retreat.

Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel John B. [Illustrator] Greene

She made a pleasant mock of the amenities which passed between her mother and Glendenning, whose gingerliness in the acceptance of the old lady's condescension would, I confess, have been notably comical without this gloss.

A Pair of Patient Lovers William Dean Howells 1878