Cautious Optimism refers to a balance between completely optimistic and being cautious in our approach. We cannot be completely optimistic on certain issues and we should have our backup plans ready, as a cautious step so that we may not loose on the situation. To summarize, Keep your back-up plans ready and be optimistic about the expected result.

Varadarajan S

Chennai, India

being careful on the first time doing something.

Cauteloso is the Spanish word for cautious.

No, cautious is not an adverb. It is an adjective, with the adverb form "cautiously."

The future tense of "cautious" is "will be cautious."