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Gingerly vs Swiftly - What's the difference?

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Gingerly is a related term of swiftly.


As adverbs the difference between gingerly and swiftly

is that gingerly is gently; in a delicate or cautious manner while swiftly is in a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.

As an adjective gingerly

is very careful or cautious.

gingerly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Gently; in a delicate or cautious manner.
    • He placed the glass jar gingerly on the concrete step.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 3 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992) citation , page= , passage=Purchasing a snowplow transforms Homer into a new man. Mr. Burns' laziest employee suddenly becomes an ambitious self-starter who buys ad time on local television at 3:17 A.M (prime viewing hours, Homer gingerly volunteers, for everyone from alcoholics to the unemployable to garden-variety angry loners) and makes a homemade commercial costarring his family.}}

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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) , :
    • …penetrating cautiously into dark cellars, sallying forth with gingerly tread to the garden, now leaf-strewn by autumn winds…
  • * 2012 , (w), 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.

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    swiftly

    English

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 2 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Bulgaria 0-3 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued.}}

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