GUARDEDLY

conservatively, cautiously, guardedly

(adverb) in a conservative manner; “we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000.”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

guardedly (comparative more guardedly, superlative most guardedly)

In a guarded manner.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

20 June 2025

MODEST

(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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