adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
step
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He stepped gingerly into the Five Lions River, knelt down, and splashed icy water all over himself.
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Twoflower stepped gingerly over the cooling door and looked up and down the corridor.
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I opened the door for Patterson and then locked the cab up after he'd stepped gingerly on to the pavement.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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They gingerly loaded the patient into the ambulance.