
adj.
- Showing or practicing caution; careful.
- Tentative or restrained; guarded: felt a cautious optimism that the offer would be accepted.
cautiousness cau'tious·ness n.
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Definition: careful, guarded
Antonyms: careless, hasty, heedless, imprudent, incautious, rash, thoughtless, uncareful, unguarded, unobservant
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The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
— Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964).
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forsigtig
Nederlands (Dutch)
voorzichtig, behoedzaam
Français (French)
adj. - prudent, réservé, circonspect
Deutsch (German)
adj. - vorsichtig, umsichtig
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - προσεκτικός, επιφυλακτικός, πονηρεμένος, υποψιασμένος
Italiano (Italian)
cauto, prudente
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - cauteloso
Español (Spanish)
adj. - cauteloso, cauto, prudente
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - försiktig
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
谨慎的, 小心的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 謹慎的, 小心的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 조심성 있는, 주의 깊은
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 用心深い, 慎重な
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) حذر, منتبه, محترس, , محتاط
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