cautiously

Thân thiện

She cautiously crossed the busy street.

Definition

Adverb: 1. In a careful and prudent manner: Acting with or showing care to avoid potential problems or dangers. 2. With deliberate restraint or hesitation: Proceeding in a way that is not rash or impulsive, often due to uncertainty or risk.

Usage

• Modifying a verb: Describes how an action is performed, indicating care, prudence, or wariness.
  • She opened the door cautiously.
  • Investors are proceeding cautiously in the current market.
• Often used with verbs of movement, decision, or exploration: Common with verbs like , , , , , , .

Examples

• The driver navigated the icy road cautiously.
• He answered the interviewer's questions cautiously, choosing his words with care.
• After the setback, the company is expanding cautiously.

Advanced Usage

• "To proceed/advance cautiously": To move forward with careful planning and awareness of risks.
  • The negotiators are proceeding cautiously to avoid any misunderstandings.
• "To treat/handle something cautiously": To deal with a person or situation with great care and tact.
  • The fragile artifact must be handled cautiously.

Variants and Related Words

• Cautious (adjective): Characterized by caution; careful.
  • He is a cautious investor.
• Caution (noun): Care taken to avoid danger or mistakes; a warning.
  • She advised caution when interpreting the results.
• Overcautiously (adverb): With excessive caution.
  • Acting overcautiously can sometimes cause missed opportunities.

Synonyms

• Carefully: With attention to detail or safety.
• Prudently: With wise forethought, showing care for the future.
• Warily: In a manner showing suspicion or alertness to danger.
• Gingerly: With extreme care or delicacy.

Antonyms

• Recklessly: Without thinking or caring about the consequences.
• Impulsively: Acting suddenly without careful thought.
• Boldly: In a confident and courageous way, without hesitation.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "With caution": Acting carefully. (This is a near-identical phrase).
  • Handle that package with caution.
• "Err on the side of caution": To choose the safer course of action when in doubt.
  • When the weather is bad, pilots err on the side of caution.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a conservative manner
   • we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000.
2. as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
   • she ventured cautiously downstairs
   • they handled the incident with kid gloves

Từ đồng nghĩa

• conservatively
• guardedly
• carefully