cautiously

English

Etymology

From cautious +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːʃəsli/

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑʃəsli/
• Hyphenation: cau‧tious‧ly

Adverb

cautiously (comparative more cautiously, superlative most cautiously)

1. In a cautious manner.
   • 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 147:

     He said cautiously, "I do not think it right, Imperator."

Synonyms

• gingerly

Antonyms

• incautiously

Translations

in a cautious manner

Armenian: զգուշորեն (hy) (zgušoren) Azerbaijani: ehityatlı, ehtiyatla Catalan: cautelosament (ca) Czech: opatrně (cs) Dutch: behoedzaam (nl), omzichtig (nl) Esperanto: singarde Finnish: varovasti (fi) French: précautionneusement (fr) German: vorsichtig (de) Hungarian: óvatosan (hu) Italian: cautamente (it), prudentemente (it) Latin: cautim, tectē (la), pedetemptim Macedonian: претпазливо (pretpazlivo) Navajo: tʼáá tiʼída, tʼáá tłehee Plautdietsch: behutsom Polish: ostrożnie (pl) Portuguese: cuidadosamente (pt) Romanian: prudent (ro), cu prudență, prevăzător (ro), cu prevedere, precaut (ro), cu precauție Russian: осторо́жно (ru) (ostoróžno), аккура́тно (ru) (akkurátno) Serbo-Croatian: oprezno (sh), опрезно Spanish: precavidamente