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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"
carefully
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."
conservatively, guardedly
cautiously
adverb carefully, alertly, discreetly, tentatively, warily, prudently, judiciously, guardedly, circumspectly, watchfully, vigilantly, cagily (informal) mindfully
Translations
Spanish cautiously [ˈkɔːʃəslɪ] adv → con cautela
French cautiously [ˈkɔːʃəslɪ] adv → prudemment, avec prudence
German cautiously [ˈkɔːʃəslɪ] cautious adv → vorsichtig
Italian cautiously [ˈkɔːʃəslɪ] adv → prudentemente
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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.
The Chessmen of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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 Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The next day when he cautiously returned to get his axe, he found the following lines pencilled on the stump:
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