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gingerly (adv.)
1510s, "elegantly, daintily," perhaps from Old French
gensor
, comp. of
gent
"dainty, delicate," from Latin
gentius
"(well)-born" (see
gentle
). Meaning "extremely cautiously" is from c.1600.
