cautiously

Words with a similar base: cautiously

'cautiously'

[cautiously.r.01] as in: as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact

Examples:
she ventured cautiously downstairs
they handled the incident with kid gloves

'cautiously'

[conservatively.r.01] as in: in a conservative manner

Examples:
we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000.

Origins

					cautiously (English)
├── -ly (English)
│   ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── cautious (English)

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