ADJECTIVE (1)

1. with extreme care or delicacy;
- Example: "they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones"
- Example: "the issue was handled only in a gingerly way"- W.S.White


ADVERB (1)

1. in a gingerly manner;
- Example: "gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gingerly \Gin"ger*ly\, adv. [Prov. E. ginger brittle, tender;
   cf. dial. Sw. gingla, g[aum]ngla, to go gently, totter, akin
   to E. gang.]
   Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily.
   [1913 Webster]

         What is't that you took up so gingerly ? --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gingerly
    adv 1: in a gingerly manner; "gingerly I raised the edge of the
           blanket"
    adj 1: with extreme care or delicacy; "they proceeded with
           gingerly footwork over the jagged stones"; "the issue was
           handled only in a gingerly way"- W.S.White