Webster's English Dictionary

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cautious

cau.tious \'ko.-sh*s\ aj : marked by or given to caution he exercise of 
   forethought usu. prompted by fear of probable or even of merely possible 
   danger; CIRCUMSPECT suggests less fear and stresses the surveying of all 
   possible consequences before acting or deciding; WARY emphasizes 
   suspiciousness and alertness in watching for danger and cunning in escaping 
   it; CHARY implies a cautious reluctance to give, act, or speak freely - 
   cau.tious.ly av SYN syn CIRCUMSPECT, WARY, CHARY: CAUTIOUS implies t