Antonyms for cautiouslycau·tious·ly

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1. cautiously, carefullyadverb

   as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact

   "she ventured cautiously downstairs"; "they handled the incident with kid gloves"

   Antonyms:
   carelessly, incautiously

   Synonyms:
   carefully, guardedly, conservatively

2. conservatively, cautiously, guardedlyadverb

   in a conservative manner

   "we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000."

   Antonyms:
   incautiously, carelessly

   Synonyms:
   carefully, guardedly, conservatively

How to use cautiously in a sentence?

1. Timothy Heath:

   ASEAN countries should benefit in particular from the stronger Timothy Heath military presence in Southeast Asia, as South China Sea is likely to respond in part by operating more cautiously in the South China Sea.

2. Victor Duran:

   I’m looking forward to some change and cautiously optimistic.

3. Chris Beauchamp:

   Cautiously positive this morning, the worry in European markets is that they won't act enough this week or the next week to try to stabilize (sentiment).

4. Chief Financial Officer Karen Hoguet:

   Our performance in the first half of the year was not as strong as we had hoped, but we are cautiously optimistic about our ability to improve this sales trend in the fall season.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   I don't think anyone has ever mitigated the way I've seen people mitigate right now. It's never happened in this country before. I am optimistic. Always cautiously optimistic.

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