cautiously, carefully
(adverb) as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact; “she ventured cautiously downstairs”; “they handled the incident with kid gloves”
conservatively, cautiously, guardedly
(adverb) in a conservative manner; “we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000.”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cautiously (comparative more cautiously, superlative most cautiously)
In a cautious manner.
• incautiously
Source: Wiktionary
Cau"tious*ly, adv.
Definition: In a cautious manner.
Cau"tious, a. Etym: [Cf. L. cautus, fr. caver. See Caution.]
Definition: Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts 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.
Syn.
– Wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent; circumspect; discreet; heedful; thoughtful; scrupulous; anxious; careful.
– Cautious, Wary, Circumspect. A man is cautious who realizes the constant possibility of danger; one may be wary, and yet bold and active; a man who is circumspect habitually examines things on every side in order to weigh and deliberate. It is necessary to be cautious at all times; to be wary in cases of extraordinary danger; to be circumspect in matters of peculiar delicacy and difficulty.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 November 2024
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
