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Adverb: cautiously  ko-shus-lee
  1. As if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
    "she ventured cautiously downstairs"
    - carefully, with kid gloves
     
  2. In a conservative manner
    "we estimated the number of demonstrators cautiously at 200,000."
    - conservatively, guardedly

See also: cautious

Antonym: incautiously

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