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cautiousness

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cautiousnesscautiousness - the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger; "a man of caution"
carefulness, caution
attentiveness - the trait of being observant and paying attention
Translations
cautiousness [ˈkɔːʃəsnɪs] N → cautela f, prudencia f
cautiousness [ˈkɔːʃəsnɪs] n → prudence f
cautiousness
n → Vorsicht f
cautiousness [ˈkɔːʃəsnɪs] n → prudenza, cautela
cautiousness [ˈkɔːʃəsnɪs] n → prudenza, cautela


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In the course of my journey from Churchhill I had ample leisure for reflection on the present state of our affairs, and every review has served to convince me that they require a delicacy and cautiousness of conduct to which we have hitherto been too little attentive.
Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context
Cautiousness too is foreign to them--the heavy reasonable cautiousness which is our glory.
Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Whatever Marianne was desirous of, her mother would be eager to promote--she could not expect to influence the latter to cautiousness of conduct in an affair respecting which she had never been able to inspire her with distrust; and she dared not explain the motive of her own disinclination for going to London.
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
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