different between gingerly vs quickly

English

Etymology 1

From ginger +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??nd???li/

Adverb

gingerly (comparative more gingerly, superlative most gingerly)

1. In a delicate and cautious manner.

Translations

Etymology 2

ginger +? -ly

Adjective

gingerly (comparative more gingerly, superlative most gingerly)

1. Very careful or cautious.
   • 1867, Rebecca Harding Davis, Waiting For The Verdict, chapter 19 “The Valley of the Shadow”, published 1868 in The Galaxy magazine, volume 4, page 223:

     But, ther’s somethin’ in the very look and voice of Jeems Strebling, even in his gingerly walk, that riles all the black drop in me.

   • 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge, chapter 45:

     […] penetrating cautiously into dark cellars, sallying forth with gingerly tread to the garden, now leaf-strewn by autumn winds […]

   • 1961, March, Trains Illustrated, Ian Allan Ltd., page 185, photo caption:

   • 2012, David Mack, Star Trek: The Next Generation — Cold Equations Book One: Persistence of Memory, chapter 28:

     Several gingerly taps on her console fired clusters of modified probes into the maelstrom of the gas giant’s atmosphere.

Derived terms

• gingerliness

Anagrams

• niggerly

English

Etymology

From Middle English quickly, quikliche, quicliche, cwikliche, cwickliche, from Old English cwicul??e, equivalent to quick +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?kli/

Adverb

quickly (comparative more quickly, superlative most quickly)

1. Rapidly; with speed; fast.
2. Very soon.

   If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.

Usage notes

• Although the comparative (quicklier) and superlative (quickliest) one-word forms exist and are and have been in limited use, the two-word forms (more quickly and most quickly) are much more common.

Related terms

• quick (adjective and adverb)

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