How To Use Cautiously In A Sentence
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It was his custom to approach every problem cautiously.
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In the testing field, Guo Jingjing did not have in athletic field fierceness, opens cautiously.
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Valerie cautiously approached the door, reaching for the handle and turning the knob.
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Brisk walking cautiously planning small step "If you want to be too big, start smaller, faster expansion" is a global information system engineering building consensus.
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A group of men and women advanced cautiously into the clearing, covering the wounded with their slings, blowpipes, and bows.
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Pulling a robe over her nightdress, she cautiously left the room.
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The clouds have no notion of being caricatured, and the trees keep cautiously away from the brink of such streams -- save, perchance, now and then, here and there, a weak well-meaning willow -- a thing of shreds and patches -- its leafless wands covered with bits of old worsted stockings, crowns of hats, a bauchle
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
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She advanced on herself cautiously but with dignity, turning round before her turning image.
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The cautiously pretty title track is the year's most penetrating earworm.
Times, Sunday Times
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She peeked cautiously this way and that—there was no sign of the usual chaos caused by the goat's antics.
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Cautiously he looked forth over flat landscape of building site, of brickfield, of the huge tanks and lush vegetation of sewage farms.
A Sheaf of Corn
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All around us, Berliners were lighting off fireworks, firecrackers, noisemakers and rockets, and none too cautiously.
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I am cautiously optimistic that a new government will be concerned and aware about the environment.
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When the voice-producer has learned to intonate surely, when the voice is "placed," and the secrets of the registers are known to him, he will do well to experiment a little, cautiously, with his own resonance-chambers, so as to widen his practical knowledge of the principles underlying the modification of tones.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged)
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Yet to balance it up there are those who remain patient and cautiously optimistic.
The Sun
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Page 252 upwards and forwards; lay bare the digastric and stylo-hyoid muscles at the bottom of the wound, by means of the point of the director or the forceps and draw them forward with a blunt hook: hold the sites of the incision wide apart, carry the nerve and vein backward with the end of the finger, and cautiously open the sheath of the vessel; and then, with the artery isolated apply the ligature by means of an aneurismal needle.
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.
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Cautiously, unwilling, he stole a keek at that picture of Alistair.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes
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Nevertheless he began cautiously, with a four-iron off the 1st tee, his mild slice finding the light rough on the right of the fairway.
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I feel cautiously optimistic that the lurgy has retreated enough that I won't pay a terrible price for going, but still ...
Adelaide Natcon
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Slowly, he heaved himself up on to his feet, and cautiously stepped up to the eyehole once more.
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Bankers are cautiously optimistic about the country's economic future.
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There are Government sites that cautiously say there is ‘no conclusive evidence’ of danger.
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Six months later, no one has reeled the big boy in, but the gunslinger remains cautiously optimistic.
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He still continued, however, cautiously to progress along the road on which be was benighted, and at length the twinkling of a distant light raised some hope of succour in his heart.
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Her tail began to wag as he approached, and he cautiously dropped onto one knee before reaching to untangle her leash.
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I turned my head cautiously, just enough so that he wouldn't be able to see a silhouette of water droplets.
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In addition, Mr. Safdie has incautiously stackied the dramatic deck in favor of Shlaminger's adversaries.
Not in My Front Yard
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It may be anticipated that the court will exercise the power cautiously and only in appropriate circumstances.
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She got cautiously back to her feet, but didn't walk any nearer.
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Andy drove cautiously along in third gear .
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When the two-ship Argentine fleet approached Monterey, the local government cautiously retreated inland, leaving the defense to the soldiers in the presidio, or fort, and to pro-Spain militiamen.
Nicolás Meyer: California In Argentine Hands: A Brief History Lesson
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It was obvious that she was cautiously weighing me up.
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So when Glenn came knocking on her door a year after she walked out of his, bearing a bouquet of out-of-season ranunculus, she welcomed him back with cautiously open arms, sick of hoping to meet him, ready to be an us again.
Georgia’s Kitchen
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"I really don't know, sir, " Ryan replied slowly, treading cautiously on this ground.
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You read them and you see a man so cautiously calculating not to put a foot wrong that he envelops himself in a fog of caveats and equivocations.
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But it is still useful to find it recorded in a single volume that brings the story up to date and peers cautiously into the future.
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Greatly refreshed by this opportune bit and sup, the tired and "droukit" rider cheerfully resumed his way; and it was with a stout heart that, after a certain time, he found Roderick cautiously leading the pony down to the water's edge.
Prince Fortunatus
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Fear motivates us to drive cautiously even when in a great hurry, and fear makes a diabetic adhere to his diet and take his insulin daily.
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They cautiously advanced into the small basin, carefully examining the ground for footprints or other signs of recent use.
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I tread cautiously here, firstly because my one posted review, which has no comments as of this writing, is quite weak, if inoffensively so.
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Fans of classic film move forward: Others should proceed cautiously.
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He lowered his arm slowly, cautiously, extending it well away from him, and the bird mantled as it shifted its weight to balance on his wrist.
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Horrid streams of a-a have to be cautiously skirted, which after rushing remorselessly over the kindlier lava have heaped rugged pinnacles of brown scoriae into impassable walls.
The Hawaiian Archipelago
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Early Elizabethan anthems were modelled on the Latin antiphon or motet, but they cautiously followed the queen's injunction by being largely syllabic, with a minimum of counterpoint.
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It has been used, for example, against those who refer too incautiously to the civilian carnage visited upon Gaza and Lebanon by the Israeli Defence Forces.
Archive 2009-12-01
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The words came over clearly but cautiously: Leslie Brent was denied his ambition to be a cook.
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Cautiously, Rakael twitched the covers aside, exposing his pale chest.
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The big favourites spent most of the day riding cautiously.
Times, Sunday Times
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You can set up elaborate traps and seductions - leaving pieces out for capture to ensnare your opponent - or you can play cautiously.
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They are cautiously optimistic that the reforms will take place.
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The commission is cautiously favourable to Austrian membership, foreseeing few economic problems.
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I am cautiously optimistic that a new government will be concerned and aware about the environment.
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Fear motivates us to drive cautiously even when in a great hurry, and fear makes a diabetic adhere to his diet and take his insulin daily.
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Bankers are cautiously optimistic about the country's economic future.
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The patriarch of the family cautiously goes into the kitchen only to find that there is only a half quart of milk and two slices of bread left!
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The night before President Barack Obama is set to make a dramatic campaign swing into his district, Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) is waxing cautiously -- and a touch frostily -- about his incoming guest.
Dem Tom Perriello Touts His Disagreements With The White House On Eve Of Obama Visit
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There was no hint of light behind the shutters in any of the houses as he went cautiously along the wall.
The Catalans
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It said it was cautiously optimistic about this year.
Times, Sunday Times
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She saw nothing at first, but she heard a noise from up in the haymow and climbed the ladder cautiously, afraid that a rat would jump out of the dark.
Come Again No More
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This lawn belonged to my paternal grandmother, whom I cautiously called Mammaw, for she resented being called anything that remotely betrayed her caducity.
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Yet, by cautiously placing precious melodies in the heart of his soundscapes, Octavius creates with this album a disturbingly chilling cinematic piece of work.
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Arriving within sight of his old home, he rested on his oars and surveyed the land cautiously.
The Wind in the Willows
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She advanced through the shadows less cautiously, her only fear now that there would be no one to meet her.
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I do not see many situations in which grammarians would except the ‘hanging’ preposition, but I advise all of you to use it cautiously and, above all, only in spoken or colloquial language.
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This parable is another way applicable, and may be taken as designed to teach us to begin speedily to be religious, rather than to begin cautiously; and may mean the same with Matt.v. 25, Agree with thine adversary quickly.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
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We have found cross sectional age differences which we cautiously, yet venturesomely, interpret in a developmental way.
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Julius cautiously trailed him and the others hesitantly followed.
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He leads by following opinion, he trims, he shifts, he glides on the silvery sounds of his undulating, flexible, cautiously modulated voice, winding his way betwixt heaven and earth.
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Sara drew her in cautiously, but she looked as if something pleased and amused her.
A Little Princess
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We detoured around two possible car bombs that had been cordoned off while Iraqis cautiously approached.
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It might almost be the glimpse of a stockinged leg with the impersonal passivity of ‘incautiously exposed’, suggesting a body ‘asking for it.’
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The game had started off slowly and cautiously but it did not take long to find its tempo.
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S'long -- Mr. Barton!" she called listlessly over the other, and started on, stumblingly, clatteringly, up the abruptly steep and precipitous mountain trail -- a little dust-colored gnome on a dust-colored horse, with the dutiful gray pinking cautiously along behind her.
Little Eve Edgarton
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Add cautiously dilute acetic acid until there is a copious, granular-looking precipitate of the chief proteid of milk (caseinogen), formerly regarded as a derived albumen.
A Practical Physiology
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At a dinner party in New York once, when conversation got around to what we would like to have been doing if fate hadn't directed us into doing what we did, I incautiously said I would like to have been an actor.
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The film is cautiously optimistic in its portrayal of how intense love can transcend death.
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We get out and shuffle cautiously on the slick surface.
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The police decided to proceed very cautiously, as they were in a residential area, and people were in all the houses around.
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Cautiously, he moved forward, craning his head to the side trying to see if anyone was crouching behind the bush.
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What I'm saying, in the end, is that e-voting must be implemented properly, overcautiously, overzealously guarded and protected.
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U.S. military officials are cautiously optimistic the move will bring calm to the besieged city, but warn the pullback is not a withdrawal or retreat.
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However, only one of the "adiposity" (relating to fat) measurements that the researchers looked at was significant, which suggests that the findings should be treated cautiously.
Undefined
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She advanced on herself cautiously but with dignity, turning round before her turning image.
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FARGO, N.D. -- They passed out cigars in Fargo on Saturday, but no matches just yet, as a flood-weary city that's spent the last week getting ready to hold back the Red River cautiously prepared to celebrate what appeared to be a successful defense against the swollen waterway.
Local News | The Bryan College Station Eagle
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He hung for a moment over the side, twisted himself back in a strong effort to regain his balance, and incautiously planted his foot inside the unlaying coil.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good
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Moreover, he is cautiously optimistic about the future of societies, claiming there has been a recent rekindling of interest.
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Edward entered the thicket cautiously.
The Children of the New Forest
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I continued down the hall until I reached the first open door and cautiously peered inside.
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She stood up cautiously, briefly glancing around to make sure that everything was as it should have been.
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He looked around cautiously to see if anyone could overhear, but the booths were designed for privacy.
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I could feel him there though, sensing me, moving cautiously, the way I was moving.
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Canada doesn't often dispatch warships to respond to political crises, so the Charlottetown is a symbol the Harper government wants to shed the sense it has reacted overcautiously to unrest in the region.
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We all move into the final phase of the campaign in good heart and cautiously confident of victory.
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I walk away cautiously, tip toeing along the path, aware of the many holes in my tattered hiking boots.
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Lawrie could have played cautiously, laid up with a wedge on his second shot and then hit another, shorter wedge shot into the green for a certain bogey 5 to secure his win.
Claret Jug back at home
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He moved forward cautiously until a man came into view crouched in the shallows of the river.
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Perhaps more telling than Bill Clinton’s self - investigation is a subsidiary detail: He also asked his staffers to compile an exhaustive list of his achievements, which must be about as close to the creation of a résumé as ex-presidents get, and betrays a longing to return to the presidential campaign trail that Al Gore overcautiously denied him.
Running Mate
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Despite some awful weather at Cheltenham last Sunday the show got some cautiously optimistic reviews.
The Sun
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“Fear nothing, I will be on my guard,” said Roland Avenel; and without waiting farther answer, rode towards the scene of conflict, keeping, as he rode, the higher and unenclosed ground, and ever looking cautiously around him, for fear of involving himself in some hostile party.
The Abbot
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We paused with morbid fascination at the scene of the recent lorry tragedy and peered cautiously over the edge.
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But they remain cautiously optimistic this could finally be their year.
The Sun
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They're taking their cues, in part, from what President Bush said this morning after being briefed, which is that basically the government's cautiously optimistic that the damage is not as bad from this hurricane as it was after Katrina.
CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2008
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Driving cautiously over the pont, I sensed a tickle of excitement and noticed how the car picked up horsepower, as certain animals do.
French Word-A-Day:
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I cannot overlook the fact that he is a man of 77 and may, during the course of his evidence, on occasion have said things incautiously.
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Hidden by a knee crossed over one leg, Sarason's fingers met and cautiously began slipping the two-shot derringer from his boot.
INCA GOLD
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Governor Gregoire and her team of economic advisors remain cautiously realistic, if not optimistic.
Nicole Lapin: States of Pain
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Trailed by Sara, he skipped down the stairs and cautiously opened the door.
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But I am cautiously optimistic about the atmosphere in which the talks were conducted.
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Everybody, even our best skiers, cautiously sidestepped down the first narrow pitch, then made cautious traverses and kick turns.
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The fishman will position his boat on the trailer hook very cautiously.
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I walked towards it cautiously and with a quick yank, pulled away the covers.
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Immediately the mutiny had been put down Jack Stilwell had stolen away and rejoined the soldiers forward; and although there was much wonder among the men as to how the affair had been discovered, none suspected him of having betrayed them, and believed that the officers must have been warned by some word incautiously let drop in their hearing.
The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain
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Cautiously, Cassari folded her hands in her lap and shifted her eyes to the fiddler who merrily sawed away at the strings of the fiddle with his bow.
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Rebel sources have so far reacted cautiously to the threat.
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We start to hope that maybe bobwhites or turkeys will choose our yard and thrill us with their presence as they cautiously try to capture some of the seed bounty on the ground.
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Then would I seek this street at midnight, and standing here beneath her window, I would lightly touch the strings of my bandore until the casement opened cautiously and she looked down.
David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales
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Eisenhower cautiously hoped that this announcement might foreshadow more moderate actions by Russian leaders in confronting uprisings in satellite states, a hope that would be brutally dashed in a few days.74
Eisenhower 1956
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As for the Rose Bowl, I will remain cautiously optimistic.
Winners of the Final Caption Contest in 2009
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ferrocyanide" solution from an ordinary burette, and finish off cautiously.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
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We are cautiously optimistic that the trade deal will go through.
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Even Barnett, who tends to avoid movie-industry hype, cautiously admits that expectations have been exceeded.
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But for now he is happy to explore the surprises that the house provides as work cautiously begins on stripping away the paint.
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Cautiously they both walked onward, pebbles crunching underneath their thinly booted feet.
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The big favourites spent most of the day riding cautiously.
Times, Sunday Times
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Therapeutically it is used externally in leprosy, old ulcers and to destroy corns, but on account of its rubefacient and vesicant qualities it is necessary to use it cautiously.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
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Brae followed cautiously, and Chase stood behind him stammering his misgivings.
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He approached her cautiously, half expecting her to be faking again.
TREASON KEEP
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We moved cautiously along the rambling hothouse path, peeking over umber birds of paradise and split palm fronds and under deep flowering trees nearly impossible to imagine in the arid climate just outside the glass.
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I don't want to exaggerate our chances, but I'm cautiously optimistic.
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He followed the clearing cautiously, staying in the dense jungle surrounding it.
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He bellied cautiously inside and was met by a warning snarl from the she-wolf.
The Lair
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But it's because we don't know that answer that we've tried to budget very cautiously and to provide for all reasonable contingencies.
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Palmer, meanwhile, is moving slow and cautiously through the city looking for a safe location where he can hide.
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She nodded and, releasing my hand, moved cautiously forward.
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I am cautiously optimistic that a new government will be concerned and aware about the environment.
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Accepting the cup, she deftly uncorked the bottle and proceeded to cautiously shake finely ground, dun colored grains into the water.
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Sophia saw his hands clench and unclench and cautiously shifted back a bit.
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And with this disconsolate reflection, he wended his way to the bartizan or battlements of the tower, to watch what objects might appear on the distant moor, or to pelt, with pebbles and pieces of lime, the sea-mews and cormorants which established themselves incautiously within the reach of an idle young man.
The Bride of Lammermoor
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We approached the east landing cautiously and the cliffs awoke with bird clamour which was to assail our ears until we left.
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And the cautiously optimistic ending is rather too quickly and conveniently contrived.
Times, Sunday Times
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Despite these difficulties, Catholic biblical scholarship had advanced, albeit cautiously, particularly as far as the Old Testament was concerned.
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The union does not oppose the liberalisation of the postal network, but only urges that it takes place more cautiously in order to prevent a groundswell of opposition.
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Scientists must proceed cautiously, moving ahead only with the assent of a fair number of their colleagues.
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This despite the UN's cautiously worded response, in which it called the raid an "act" and urged a "prompt, impartial, credible and transparent investigation.
Seth Freed Wessler: Israel, Gaza and the 'Lynching' of Morality
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Til hae a wee drappy o 'whusky if ye've got it gude,' said McIntosh, cautiously, 'but I dinna care for they wines that sour on a body's stomach.'
Madame Midas
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He was treading quietly and cautiously.
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28 should be needled cautiously and superficially in those with very distended bladders.
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In 2008, comparatively late to the long-running gold party, we purchased the GDX (gold mining stocks exchange traded fund) across client accounts in cautiously small weightings.
James Berman: Gold: A Little Gaudy in This Light
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Hidden by a knee crossed over one leg, Sarason's fingers met and cautiously began slipping the two-shot derringer from his boot.
INCA GOLD
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They proceeded more cautiously down the path, but for the moment the air was clear.
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Cautiously, Elsa untied the ribbon and removed the lid.
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Alexander still held her arm cautiously, but he soon let go, sensing that the danger had passed.
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Charles cautiously edged away from the source of the noise; he wasn't going to take any chances.
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Everyone, he says, likes to follow their own particular bent: one man proceeds cautiously, another impetuously; one forcefully, another cunningly.
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Use composite dressings cautiously if the patient is dehydrated or has fragile skin.
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More cautiously than ever, we now crept along the trail -- advancing only after the ground had been thoroughly "quartered" by the scouts.
The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
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Assuming that appeals to providential history have been successfully banished from the repertoire of secular progressivism, surely the same ban must apply to the religious thought from which progressives once unconsciously and incautiously borrowed.
Afterword: Secularism, Cosmopolitanism, and Romanticism
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Abalone dressed with chilli, sweetish vinegar and served with melon and jellyfish was relatively impressive if cautiously portioned.
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Bankers are cautiously optimistic about the country's economic future.
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Copper market cautiously higher in front of U.S. nonfarm payrolls figures on Friday - Frank Lesh, broker and futures analyst with Future Path Trading in Chicago.
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Their next step likely target initial please act cautiously any indiscreet counteraction prohibit.
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‘But you are a character in one of them,’ my friend incautiously remarked.
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He said with authority as he cautiously began to untangle himself to stand up and make more of an impact without loosing his grip on Marissa.
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Both alone, both in their own way bereaved, they felt their way cautiously forward: music, painting, books, gardening, cats.
SANDS OF TIME
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The editors observe cautiously that this must be'in part a matter of personal opinion or speculation '.
The Times Literary Supplement
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They laughed with their friends as if they had all the time in the world, but still watched the clock cautiously, lest they miss their bus.
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Suddenly, I felt like the mad loony in the corner that everyone cautiously avoids.
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A spokeswoman for the US-led International Security Assistance Force said that coalition was "cautiously optimistic" about the Sangin deal but were reluctant to "overblow" its importance.
The Guardian World News
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Gerard bent cautiously to the rat's box—would it spring out, bite him, then scurry away across the floor to live behind the baseboard forever, like some cartoon incarnation?
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I am cautiously optimistic that a new government will be concerned and aware about the environment.
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The room snapped and crackled with tension as every eyes turned towards her, observing her, cautiously, amusingly.
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He, too, played overcautiously, taking 55 minutes over a scratchy seven.
Times, Sunday Times
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He eyed her cautiously, trying to gauge her reaction.
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At the end he hazards an estimate, cautiously and with qualifications, that the Aboriginal population was perhaps 600 when the settlers arrived.
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Rebel sources have so far reacted cautiously to the threat.
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There was no hint of light behind the shutters in any of the houses as he went cautiously along the wall.
The Catalans
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In addition, recent projections indicate our economy should be out of the recession by the second half of this year, which means the stimulus is attributing to some cautiously optimistic signs going forward.
GOP slams Obama stimulus as ineffective, wasteful
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They stated being protective of their time, cautiously deciding how it would be best utilized.
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She was weak, but comfortable and I was cautiously optimistic.
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I incautiously pull down the ink bottle and the ink splashed all over the desk.
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The assimilationist policies continue cautiously, in large part because the non-indigenous population yearns to decide how First Nations should conduct themselves.
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She walked cautiously up the drive towards the door.
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The commission is cautiously favourable to Austrian membership, foreseeing few economic problems.
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The channel catfish uses its highly sensitive barbels to help locate food and to cautiously inspect it prior to ingestion.
Field and Stream Guide: The Channel Catfish
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The student was cautiously optimistic for the future.
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Vehicles loomed out of opacity, the headlamps surrounded by auras like distant moons, ground cautiously by, and receded into obscurity.
DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION
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Add 5 c.c. of a standard zinc solution, equivalent in strength to the standard "ferrocyanide," re-titrate, and finish off cautiously.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
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He did not know that it was a wolverine, standing outside, all a-trembling with its own daring, and cautiously scenting out the contents of the cave.
The Wall of the World
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It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default. J.K. Rowling
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I strolled cautiously toward it and twisted the doorknob carefully.
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'Don't think any one will see it there,' he said, as he cut the candle down a trifle and lit it cautiously with a sputtering sulphur match, part of the spoil from the Turkish sentry.
On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
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'_An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth_,' so Donald Macgregor muttered to himself as he strode cautiously down the water of Coquet, halting at the many crooks of that wayward water to spy out the land as he went forward.
Border Ghost Stories
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She cautiously plucked a blade of grass from the lawn, and scrutinised it.
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`The day-to-day running of the conglomerate got too much for the Chairman," he said cautiously.
YELLOW BIRD
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But broadly speaking we are cautiously optimistic.
Times, Sunday Times
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He watched as she made her way cautiously back down to the tideline.
MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
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In my view, the Fed on the whole acts very cautiously when establishing Federal land use, and to some degree (such as overgrazing in New Mexico) not strongly enough.
Bush Administration v. Environmental Groups
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Cautiously a slim, unringed hand burrowed out from the somber folds of the big cloak, and raised the pink mouth-mumbling veil as much as half an inch above the red-lipped speech line.
Molly Make-Believe
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The ideology of environmentalism was cautiously optimistic about social amelioration and human progress.
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His sympathy for Reuchlin irritated many of his new colleagues, and enthusiastic young German humanists who supported Reuchlin associated his cause with Erasmus, mentioned Erasmus as a foe of the Cologne Dominicans, and even published some friendly private letters that he had written to Reuchlin, commiserating (very cautiously) with his troubles.
Desiderius Erasmus
