When questioned, she explained very carefully that he was an experimental investigator, going gingerly over the syilables as one who dreads pitfalls.

I said, Look, please, let me take care of her, OK, because I know her, and believe me, she's like a small atomic weapon, you know, you just want to handle her really gingerly.

And then finally, just as they're running out of time, someone takes out the marshmallow, and then they gingerly put it on top, and then they stand back, and ta da! they admire their work.

When he'd finally fall asleep, and I gingerly put him down into the crib, my husband would come home as if he knew it was the right time, and he'd wake up the baby by slamming the door.