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Synonyms for cautiously
cau·tious·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
cautiously, carefullyadverb
as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
"she ventured cautiously downstairs"; "they handled the incident with kid gloves"
Synonyms:
carefully, guardedly, conservativelyAntonyms:
carelessly, incautiouslyconservatively, cautiously, guardedlyadverb
in a conservative manner
"we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000."
Synonyms:
carefully, guardedly, conservativelyAntonyms:
incautiously, carelessly
Editors Contribution
tentatively
subject to further confirmation; not definitely, or to do something in a way that lacks confidence; hesitantly
testingly
with care or caution
Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "cautiously":
prudently, carefully, warily, gingerly, wisely, conservatively, reservedly, reticently
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4215 | carefully | |
#19697 | wisely | |
#28086 | cautiously | |
#53620 | conservatively | |
#69863 | prudently | |
#74704 | gingerly | |
#91461 | warily | |
#231588 | guardedly |
How to use cautiously in a sentence?
Ayatollah Khamenei's silence is calculated. He is weighing up the situation, he is standing cautiously somewhere in the middle, so no one can interpret his words as approval or disapproval.
I need to study the transcripts and see what we have. Keep in mind I want to proceed very cautiously.
Everyone is cautiously optimistic about next year's economic situation, so CCTV downplayed the auction.
I've been cautiously optimistic about BA.2 because of the trends that it's not been as exponential a rise in cases, like we saw when Omicron first emerged.
To some extent I'm still nervous. I think we live in a time where sort of normal decency and normal rules don't seem to apply, and people can be quite vicious, so I'm not cavalier about our situation. ... We try to proceed at each step cautiously while at the same time doing what we have to do.
Translations for cautiously
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- بحذرArabic
- cautelosamentCatalan, Valencian
- opatrněCzech
- forsigtigtDanish
- vorsichtigGerman
- προσεκτικάGreek
- cautelosamente, precavidamenteSpanish
- varovastiFinnish
- précautionneusementFrench
- óvatosanHungarian
- զգուշորենArmenian
- prudentemente, cautamenteItalian
- behoedzaam, omzichtigDutch
- tʼáá tiʼídaNavajo, Navaho
- ostrożniePolish
- cu precauție, precaut, prudent, cu prudență, prevăzător, cu prevedereRomanian
- осторожно, аккуратноRussian
- опрезно, opreznoSerbo-Croatian
- 谨慎地Chinese
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