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US
/ˈkɔʃəs/
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[ UK /kˈɔːʃəs/ ]
[ UK /kˈɔːʃəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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showing careful forethought
a cautious driver
reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions -
avoiding excess
a conservative estimate
NOUN
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people who are fearful and cautious
whitewater rafting is not for the timid
How To Use cautious In A Sentence
- She was cautious, but Feinstein finds no trace of dishonour in the care she took to keep herself alive and free through successive waves of revolution and purgation.
- Gervinho might prove to be another classic Arsène Wenger bargain, an athletic and pacy ball player raring to step up a level, spirited over from France for a fee that doesn't make a certain manager with a well-documented devotion to cautious housekeeping choke as if he was asked to fix the Greek economy before breakfast. Premier League preview No1: Arsenal | Amy Lawrence
- Buyers are a good deal more cautious, and sellers have to adopt a less bullish approach. Times, Sunday Times
- Indeed, since entering 2011, I have been cautious; and except for the 14-point, first day of the year "yippee" to 1273, the SPX hasn't really done all that much. Jeffrey Saut: Waiting for a Pullback - Seeking Alpha
- It was his custom to approach every problem cautiously.
- First, investors have moved back into equities from their previously cautious positions in less risky bonds. Times, Sunday Times
- And workers 'wages barely budged, meaning consumers will probably stay somewhat cautious in the months ahead. Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News
- In the testing field, Guo Jingjing did not have in athletic field fierceness, opens cautiously.
- Valerie cautiously approached the door, reaching for the handle and turning the knob.
- And yet we should be cautious in history of assuming _post hoc propter hoc_. The Age of the Reformation