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incautiously

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in·cau·tious  (n-kôshs)
adj.
Not cautious; rash.
in·cautious·ly adv.
in·cautious·ness n.
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Adv.1.incautiously - without caution or prudence; "one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands"
carelessly
cautiously, carefully - as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact; "she ventured cautiously downstairs"; "they handled the incident with kid gloves"
Translations
incautiously [ɪnˈkɔːʃəslɪ] ADV → incautamente, imprudentemente
incautiously [ɪnˈkɔːʃəsli] adv [speak, ask] → imprudemment, inconsidérément
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All I know is that one evening, entering incautiously the salon of the little house just after the news of a considerable Carlist success had reached the faithful, I was seized round the neck and waist and whirled recklessly three times round the room, to the crash of upsetting furniture and the humming of a valse tune in a warm contralto voice.
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One of the members of the committee incautiously admitted this.
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His behaviour to herself could now have had no tolerable motive; he had either been deceived with regard to her fortune, or had been gratifying his vanity by encouraging the preference which she believed she had most incautiously shown.
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