Synonyms of cautiously

cautiously

adverb

as in deliberately

Related Words

• deliberately
• carefully
• slowly
• purposefully
• sluggishly
• leisurely
• slow
• heavily
• tardily
• pokily
• laggardly
• ploddingly

Dissimilar Words

• quickly
• rapidly
• swiftly
• briskly
• hastily
• speedily
• immediately
• fast
• promptly
• swift
• readily
• quick
• soon
• apace
• recklessly
• fleetly
• rashly
• impulsively
• impetuously
• snappily
• abruptly
• meteorically
• suddenly
• presto
• full tilt
• pronto
• posthaste

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cautiously

Californians are weighing a ballot measure that could reshape how local taxes pass, while two major insurers are cautiously reentering the state’s home insurance market. — Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026

This usually begins with the wasp cautiously circling its target while slowly getting closer. — Sean Donnelly, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

There is reason to be cautiously optimistic about the trajectory of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the director-general of the World Health Organization said Wednesday. — Helen Branswell, STAT, 16 Sep. 2026

Investors are reacting to comments from leaders of major AI companies who said the industry should proceed more cautiously in developing AI to guard against potential risks, Wall Street analysts said. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026

Rather than spurring action because more teams are in the race, clubs have acted more cautiously. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

The fox cautiously walked a few feet past us on its journey for bugs and other snacks. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

While the order doesn’t require judges to set shorter deadlines, Carley Tatman, a Louisiana immigration lawyer, is cautiously optimistic. — Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026

Yet the candidate and his advisers evidently believe that the way to widen that gap is to proceed cautiously. — Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026