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ts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful; as, a cautious general. Cautious feeling for another's pain. Byron. Be swift to hear; but cautious of your tongue. Watts.

In a cautious manner.

The quality of being cautious.

Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark.

Too cautious; cautious or prudent to excess. -- O"ver*cau"tious*ly, adv. -- O"ver*cau"tiou*ness, n.

Taking or using precaution; precautionary. -- Pre*cau"tious*ly, adv. -- Pre*cau"*tious*ness, n.

Incautious.

Incautiously.

something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally. Be swift to hear, but cautious of your tongue, lest you betray your ignorance. T. Watts.

To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided. Beware of all, but most beware of man ! Pope. Beware the awful avalanche. Longfellow.

word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend.

A whisper; a report spread secretly or cautiously. There's a certain buzz Of a stolen marriage. Massinger.

Cautious; prudent; safe.. Ramsay.

Taking care; gicing good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent heedless, or reckless; -- often follower byof, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right. Thou hast been careful for us with all this care. 2. Kings iv, 13. What could a careful father more have done Dryden.…

Wary; cautious. [Obs.] Bacon.

In a chary manner; carefully; cautiously; frugally.

Careful; wary; cautious; not rash, reckless, or spendthrift; saving; frugal. His rising reputation made him more chary of his fame. Jeffrey.

Attentive to all the circustances of a case or the probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary.

Looking around everi way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger. "Circumspective eyes." Pope.

In a circumspect manner; cautiously; warily.