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Pronunciation: [kˈɔːtələs] (IPA)

Cautelous is defined as being careful, cautious, or prudent. Synonyms for this word include wary, guarded, watchful, attentive, vigilant, chary, circumspect, prudent, discreet, and thoughtful. Each of these words carries similar connotations to cautelous, expressing the idea of being careful and cautious in one's actions. Wary implies a sense of suspicion and distrust, while guarded suggests a sense of protection or defense. Watchful and attentive both indicate a sense of vigilance and alertness, while chary and circumspect suggests a sense of caution arising from a sense of danger or risk. Prudent, discreet, and thoughtful all carry connotations of careful consideration and risk assessment.
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But if that the fader be lewde and vicious By falshode lyuynge: and by wayes Cautelous.
"The Ship of Fools, Volume 1"
Sebastian Brandt
My Mother, you wot well My hazards still haue beene your solace, and Beleeu't not lightly, though I go alone Like to a lonely Dragon, that his Fenne Makes fear'd, and talk'd of more then seene: your Sonne Will or exceed the Common, or be caught With Cautelous baits and practice Volum.
"Coriolanus"
Shakespeare, William
In all which discourse you may note very many memorable things; as namely first the wise, discreet, and Cautelous dealing of the Ambassadors and Commissioners of both parts, then the wealth of the foresaid nations, and their manifold and most vsuall kinds of wares vttered in those dayes, as likewise the qualitie, burthen, and strength of their shipping, the number of their Mariners, the maner of their combates at sea, the number and names of the English townes which traded that way, with the particular places as well vpon the coast of Norway, as euery where within the sound of Denmark which they frequented; together with the inueterate malice and craftie crueltie of the Hanse.
"The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, v. 1, Northern Europe"
Richard Hakluyt

Related words: cautious, cautiousness, overcautious, overbearing, overcautiousness, overly cautious, overbearingness

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