Word Of The Week (WOW #35)
Hi guys,
Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me.)
It’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week.
If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post.
Here’s this week’s WOW:
Word:
Gingerly
Part Of Speech:
Adjective
Derivatives:
- Gingerliness – noun
Pronunciation:
- /ˈdʒɪndʒəli/
- gin-ger-ly
- Audio
Meaning:
- In a careful or cautious manner.
- Showing great care or caution.
Synonyms:
Alert, cautious, chary, circumspect, guarded, heedful, wary.
Antonyms:
Careless, heedless, unmindful, unsafe, unwary, recklessly.
Word Origin:
Early 16th century (in the sense ‘daintily, mincingly’): perhaps from Old French gensor‘delicate’, comparative of gent ‘graceful’, from Latin genitus ‘(well-) born’.
Usage Note:
None.
Use In Sentences:
- He stepped gingerly onto the ice.
Image Source: Mikael Buck/Solentnews.biz
- She gave the cork on the bottle of champagne a gingerly twist.
- I walked towards him gingerly.
I hope you guys like this word and hope it’s useful to you in some or the other way! If you want to check out more words like this, then visit my page:
Love this series Momma…Still one of my favorites…and you’ll be glad to know my fingers glided ‘gingerly” across the keyboard as I typed this…e
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hahah! Thanks a ton, dear! I’m really glad you like this series 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
This word took me a long time to learn because gingerly to me sounds like “spryly” or “merrily.” Probably because of the similarity to jingly or giggly. Once I got the correct meaning into my skull, I started using it. A great word for writing. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I can completely relate! When i first came across this word, I thought that it meant something happy, as you mentioned above, but when I found out the meaning I was really surprised!
And I completely agree, it is indeed a really nice word for writing.
Thanks for reading!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Great word choice. My mother used the word ‘gingerly’ all of the time when i was a child. Since I was young, I can’t say whether or not she always used it correctly, but seeing it as you word of the week brought back many memories of my childhood.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Awww… Thanks a lot, Michelle. I’m so happy that this week’s word brought back your childhood memories 🙂
I hope everything’s well at your end.
LikeLiked by 1 person
The word brings, not so gingerly, the rhizome ‘ginger’ to mind. I like to coin ‘cucumberly’, to mean ‘as cool as cucumber’
LikeLiked by 1 person
Haha! Good one, Raj.
And I really like cucumberly, guess I’d like to coin lemonly… as in sour 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
Pingback: WOW 2015 Round-Up | Heena Rathore P.