touch gingerly
Frequency: 4.71.3 per million words
To touch something in a careful or cautious way.
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Examples (10)
- He touched the antique vase gingerly, afraid it might crack.
- Please touch the wound gingerly when cleaning it.
- She touches the piano keys gingerly at first, then grows bolder.
- They touched the butterfly’s wings gingerly to avoid harming it.
- I touched the screen gingerly to avoid triggering the alarm.
- We should touch the topic gingerly in the meeting.
- The child was touching the hot pan gingerly to test if it had cooled.
- The scientist touched the specimen gingerly with tweezers.
- If you must touch the artwork, do so gingerly.
- She had touched the blister gingerly, but it still burst.