Posted on 05/03/2006 6:33:26 AM PDT by VRWCmember
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
gingerly • \JIN-jer-lee\ • adjective
very cautious or careful
Example sentence:
Simon held the soda bottle at arm's length after its shaky ride home on his bicycle and gave the cap a gingerly twist.
Did you know?
Etymologists take a gingerly approach to assigning any particular origins to this word. While it might have come from the name of the spice, there's nothing concrete to back up that idea. Another conjecture is that it's related to an Old French word, "gensor," that meant "delicate." That's because in 16th century English an earlier sense of "gingerly" often referred to dancing or walking with dainty steps. Not till the 17th century did it change to apply to movements that were cautious in order to avoid being noisy or causing injury, and to a wary manner in handling or presenting ideas. Not too surprisingly, given its "-ly" ending, "gingerly" is also quite often correctly used as an adverb. One could thus say that "Simon gingerly twisted the cap."
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)
Now I have to pull that wav file and listen to that guy. ;)
Some barbed wire would cost less to mail. Wrap gingerly!
A S. Pacific earthquake has prompted tsunami warnings for Fiji, Tonga, and New Zealand.
Don't know about Tasmania, but there is the usual Tasmanian Devil alert posted there.
Hi Jack!
You did? I must have missed it. LOL!
Still typing with the stencil. I don't even know where the keys are. It was always automatic. Something will be done tonight! We will gingerly go out and purchace something I can type on!!!
stencil?
How goes it at work today?
We play the Cubbies tonight!
Stylus.
Ah. The stylus. I'm using it Now to handwrite this post.
i did NOT need to see that!
CYBER taught me a NEW Trick
Cyber taught me how to handwrite in here by printing.
Hi, mommy, this is my new way of writing.
how nice for you, looks the same to me. : )
I'm demonstrating how to use the stylus to write on the screen and have it type the results in the Reply box. It's tricky to master.
i figgered that aht ; )
what Miss Slippy and 1 are doing is writing without typing. It's weird.
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