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cautiously, adv.|ˈkɔːʃəslɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a cautious manner, with caution; warily, heedfully, carefully, circumspectly.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 196 Uncover also Artichoaks cautiously, and by degrees. 1699Bentley Phal. 131 He cautiously says, that he often uses the Excerpta. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. II. 137 He cautiously suppressed his grief and resentment. 1876Green Short Hist. viii. §3 (1882) 488 Cautiously and tentatively they were introducing Roman doctrine. 1877A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xiv. (1878) 243 Opening the curtains cautiously. |