gin·ger·ly 
(jĭnjər-lē)
(jĭnjər-lē)adv.
With great care or delicacy; cautiously.
adj.
Cautious; careful: with a gingerly step.
[Possibly alteration of obsolete French gensor, delicate, from Old French, comparative of gent, gentle; see GENT1.]
ginger·li·ness n.