cautiously

Questions about cautiously

What does cautiously mean?

cautiously means "as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cautiously?

cautiously has 3 syllables: cau-tiou-sly. The stress falls on "cau". In IPA it is /ˈkɔʃəsli/.

What is another word for cautiously?

Close synonyms include carefully, conservatively, guardedly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of cautiously?

The recorded antonyms are incautiously.

Is cautiously a common word?

cautiously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cautiously come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.