Usually means: Prudent and careful; subtly wary.
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  1. cautelous: Merriam-Webster
  2. cautelous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cautelous: Wordnik
  4. cautelous: Wiktionary
  5. Cautelous: Dictionary.com
  6. Cautelous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. cautelous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Cautelous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. cautelous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. cautelous: FreeDictionary.org
  11. cautelous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. Cautelous: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Cautelous: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cautelous)

▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Skillful in trickery or deception; cunning, wily.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Cautious, careful.

Similar:
cunning, tricksome, artful, callid, craftful, tricksy, sleightful, quaint, knackish, shrewd, more...

Opposite:
reckless, impulsive, careless, daring, bold

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Similar:
cunning, tricksome, artful, callid, craftful, tricksy, sleightful, quaint, knackish, shrewd, more...

Opposite:
reckless, impulsive, careless, daring, bold



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