full of caution; careful to avoid danger; circumspect; wary
adjective
- An example of cautious is a person who always makes a pro/con list before making any decision to identify all possible problems that could come up.
- An example of cautious is a decision undertaken only after great deliberation and with some lingering fear.
The definition of cautious is being aware, being careful or being alert to danger.
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adjective
- Showing or practicing caution; careful.
- Tentative or restrained; guarded: felt a cautious optimism that the offer would be accepted.
Related Forms:
- cau′tious·ly
adverb
- cau′tious·ness
noun
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Adjective
(comparative more cautious, superlative most cautious)
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Sentence Examples
- Her tone was cautious but respectful.
- He watched closely, appearing amused and cautious, like a husband watching his wife learn to box.
- This invader was very cautious and avoided much of our security.
- Charles IV., a cautious sovereign with many cares, was as anxious for the maintenance of peace as Casimir himself.
- Newton accepted the three subclasses of Huxley, Saururae, Ratitae and Carinitae, and made a series of cautious but critical observations on the minor divisions of the Carinates.
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WORDS NEAR cautious IN THE DICTIONARY
- cautious
- cautionings
- cautionries
- cautionry