gingerliness

Updated: August 1, 2026

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.

John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson - Bob Strong's Holidays: Adrift in the Channel

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. It was perfectly evident that Mrs.

William Dean Howells - A Pair of Patient Lovers