overcautiouslyadv.
/ˌəʊvəˈkɔːʃəsli/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈkɔʃəsli/, /ˌoʊvərˈkɑʃəsli/ In an overcautious manner.
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1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Overcautiously.
1888 Westm. Rev. Mar. 337 Far more cautiously, over-cautiously, Ranisch vindicated the poet's memory, in his Historisch-Kritische Lebensbeschreibung Hans Sachsens.
1941 Pacific Affairs 14 366 He is reluctant to venture into the realm of prophecy, contenting himself somewhat over-cautiously with enumerating three possibilities.
2000 Sunday Times (Nexis) 12 Nov. Rangers played overcautiously against Galatasaray at Ibrox.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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