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cautiously

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cau·tious  (kôshs)
adj.
1. Showing or practicing caution; careful.
2. Tentative or restrained; guarded: felt a cautious optimism that the offer would be accepted.

cautious·ly adv.
cautious·ness n.
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Adv.1.cautiously - as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact; "she ventured cautiously downstairs"; "they handled the incident with kid gloves"
incautiously, carelessly - without caution or prudence; "one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands"
2.cautiously - in a conservative manner; "we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000."

cautiously
adverb carefully, alertly, discreetly, tentatively, warily, prudently, judiciously, guardedly, circumspectly, watchfully, vigilantly, cagily (informal), mindfully The government has reacted cautiously to the report.
Translations
cautiously [ˈkɔːʃəslɪ] ADVcautelosamente, con cautela
cautiously optimisticmoderadamente or prudentemente optimista

cautiously [ˈkɔːʃəsli] adv [say, respond] → prudemment, avec prudence; [act, proceed] → prudemment, avec prudence; [move] → avec précaution; [optimistic] → prudemment
The government reacted cautiously → Le gouvernement a réagi prudemment.
She cautiously opened the door → Elle a ouvert la porte avec précaution.
to be cautiously optimistic about sth → être d'un optimisme prudent à propos de qch

cautiously
adv move, say, reactvorsichtig; welcomeverhalten; acceptmit Vorbehalten; cautiously optimisticverhalten optimistisch

cautiously [ˈkɔːʃəslɪ] advcautamente, prudentemente
cautiously [ˈkɔːʃəslɪ] advcautamente, prudentemente

cautiously بحذر opatrně forsigtigt vorsichtig προσεκτικά con cautela varovasti avec prudence oprezno cautamente 慎重に 조심스럽게 voorzichtig varsomt ostrożnie cautelosamente осторожно försiktigt อย่างระมัดระวัง özenli bir şekilde một cách thận trọng 慎重地


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Cautiously opening the gate the fellow peered carefully along the wall upon the outside in the direction from which he had come.
So it was that as the second mate of the Ithaca with his six men waded down the bed of the little stream toward the harbor and the ship, a fleet of ten war prahus manned by over five hundred fierce Dyaks and commanded by Muda Saffir himself, pulled cautiously into the little cove upon the opposite side of the island, and landed but a quarter of a mile from camp.
The next day when he cautiously returned to get his axe, he found the following lines pencilled on the stump:
 
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