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cautious

  • adjective
  • kôshn

Using or exercising caution; careful; tentative

Example

“He took a few cautious steps toward the cave.”

Related words

  • undercautious
  • cautiously
  • incautious
  • cautiousness
  • overcautious
  • hypercautious
  • supercautious
  • uncautious
  • ultracautious

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