"cautiously" meaning in English

See cautiously in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈkɔːʃəsli/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑʃəsli/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cautiously.wav [Southern-England], En-us-cautiously.oga [General-American] Forms: more cautiously [comparative], most cautiously [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English cautious Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English cautiously From cautious + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cautious|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English cautious Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English cautiously [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "like", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*leyg-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*līką", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ê", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkê", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-līkē", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "gem-pro", "2" : ":der", "3" : "*līką", "id" : "-like" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-līk", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-līċ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" }, { "id" : "adverbial", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ā", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ê", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-e", "lang" : "ang" } ], "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "afeq", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-līċe", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cautiously", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cautiously"> From cautious + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} cautiously (comparative more cautiously, superlative most cautiously)
  1. In a cautious manner. Related terms: caution, cautious Translations (in a cautious manner): զգուշորեն (zgušoren) (Armenian), ehityatlı (Azerbaijani), ehtiyatla (Azerbaijani), cautelosament (Catalan), opatrně (Czech), behoedzaam (Dutch), omzichtig (Dutch), singarde (Esperanto), varovasti (Finnish), précautionneusement (French), vorsichtig (German), óvatosan (Hungarian), cautamente (Italian), prudentemente (Italian), cautim (Latin), tectē (Latin), pedetemptim (Latin), претпазливо (pretpazlivo) (Macedonian), tʼáá tiʼída (Navajo), tʼáá tłehee (Navajo), behutsom (Plautdietsch), ostrożnie (Polish), cuidadosamente (Portuguese), prudent (Romanian), cu prudență (Romanian), prevăzător (Romanian), cu prevedere (Romanian), precaut (Romanian), cu precauție (Romanian), осторо́жно (ostoróžno) (Russian), аккура́тно (akkurátno) (Russian), oprezno (Serbo-Croatian), опрезно (Serbo-Croatian), ad aciu (Sicilian), precavidamente (Spanish)
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        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
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        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
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        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:cautiously",
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
      "word": "զգուշորեն"
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      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
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      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
      "word": "singarde"
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
      "word": "précautionneusement"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
      "word": "vorsichtig"
    },
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
      "word": "óvatosan"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
      "word": "cautamente"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
      "word": "prudentemente"
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      "word": "cautim"
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
      "word": "tʼáá tiʼída"
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      "word": "behutsom"
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      "word": "ostrożnie"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
      "word": "cuidadosamente"
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
      "word": "cu prudență"
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
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      "roman": "ostoróžno",
      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
      "word": "осторо́жно"
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      "word": "аккура́тно"
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      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
      "word": "oprezno"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
      "word": "опрезно"
    },
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      "code": "scn",
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      "lang_code": "scn",
      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
      "word": "ad aciu"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "in a cautious manner",
      "word": "precavidamente"
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}

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