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PRONUNCIATION OF CAUTELOUS

cautelous  [ˈkɔːtələs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAUTELOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cautelous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CAUTELOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cautelous in the English dictionary

The definition of cautelous in the dictionary is crafty or cunning.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAUTELOUS


antipetalous
ˌæntɪˈpɛtələs
apetalous
eɪˈpɛtələs
bipetalous
baɪˈpɛtələs
characterless
ˈkærɪktələs
dialypetalous
ˌdaɪəlɪˈpetələs
dipetalous
daɪˈpɛtələs
epipetalous
ˌɛpɪˈpɛtələs
gamopetalous
ˌɡæməʊˈpɛtələs
monopetalous
ˌmɒnəʊˈpɛtələs
octopetalous
ˌɒktəˈpetələs
operatorless
ˈɒpərˌeɪtələs
polypetalous
ˌpɒlɪˈpɛtələs
scepterless
ˈseptələs
shutterless
ˈʃʌtələs
stenopetalous
ˌstɛnəʊˈpɛtələs
sympetalous
sɪmˈpɛtələs
tantalous
ˈtæntələs
tantalus
ˈtæntələs
titleless
ˈtaɪtələs
tripetalous
traɪˈpɛtələs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAUTELOUS

caustically
causticity
causticness
cautel
cauter
cauterant
cauteries
cauterisation
cauterism
cauterization
cauterize
cautery
caution
caution money
cautionary
cautioner
cautionry
cautious
cautiously
cautiousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAUTELOUS

acarpelous
Achelous
acoelous
amphicoelous
anomalous
enterocoelous
fabulous
frivolous
jealous
libelous
marvellous
meticulous
miraculous
nickelous
opisthocoelous
populous
procoelous
ridiculous
scandalous
urodelous

Synonyms and antonyms of cautelous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cautelous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAUTELOUS

Find out the translation of cautelous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cautelous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cautelous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cautelous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cautelous
570 millions of speakers

English

cautelous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cautelous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cautelous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cautelous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cautelous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cautelous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cautelous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cautelous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cautelous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cautelous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cautelous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cautelous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cautelous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cautelous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुळगुळीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cautelous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cautelous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cautelous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cautelous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cautelous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cautelous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cautelous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cautelous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cautelous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cautelous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAUTELOUS»

The term «cautelous» is barely ever used and occupies the 200.031 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAUTELOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cautelous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cautelous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cautelous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAUTELOUS»

Discover the use of cautelous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cautelous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A glossary; or, Collection of words ... which have been ...
Cautelous. Cautious; but more frequently artful; insidious. You cannot be too cautelous, nice, or dainty In your society here. B.tf Fl. Wit at sev. Weapons, Act iv. p. 298. — My stock being small, no marvel 'twas soon wasted, But you, without the ...
Robert Nares, 1822
2
A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
You cannot be too cautelous, nice, or dainty In your society here. B. tf Fl. Wit at sen. Weapons, Act iv. p. 298. — My stock being small, no marvel 'twas soon wasted, but you, without the least doubt or suspicion, If cauielous, may make bold with ...
Robert Nares, 1822
3
Plays and poems of William Shakespeare
Swear priests 7, and cowards, and men cautelous 8, Old feeble carrions, and such suffering souls That welcome wrongs ; unto bad causes swear Such creatures as men doubt : but do not stain The even virtue of our enterprize 9, Nor the ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, 1821
4
Julius Caesar. King Lear
Swear priests,' and cowards, and men cautelous,a Old feeble carrions, and such suffering souls That welcome wrongs'; unto bad causes swear Such creatures as men doubt: but do not stain The even virtue of our enterprize,9 5 Till each man ...
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, 1809
5
The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar. ...
Swear priests 7, and cowards, and men cautelous 8, Old feeble carrions, and such suffering souls That welcome wrongs ; unto bad causes swear Such creatures as men doubt : but do not stain The even virtue of our enterprize 9, Nor the ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Nicholas Rowe, 1821
6
Select plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections & ...
Swear priests,7 and cowards, and men cautelous,8 Old feeble carrions, and such suffering souls That welcome wrongs ; unto bad causes swear Such creatures as men doubt : but do not stain The even virtue of our enterprize,9 5 Till each man ...
William Shakespeare, 1820
7
The Tragedie of Julius Caesar
Sweare Priefts and Cowards, and men Cautelous Old feeble Carrions, and fuch fuffering Soules That welcome wrongs : Vnto bad caufes, fweare Such Creatures as men doubt; but do not ftaine 150 146. it.] it? Theob. et seq. 150. ftaine] strain ...
William Shakespeare, 2001
8
The Plays of William Shakspeare: Julius Cæsar. Antony and ...
Swear priests,* and cowards, and men cautelous,' 6 till «ach man drop by lolttry.] Perhaps the poet alluded to the. custom os decimation, i. e. the selection by lot os every tenth soldier, in a general mutiny^ sor punishment. He speaks os this in ...
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Edmond Malone, 1801
9
The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and ...
Swear priests,7 and cowards, and men cautelous,* Old feeble carrions, and such suffering souls That welcome wrongs ; unto bud causes swear Such creatures as men doubt : but do not stain The even virtue of our enterprize,9 * Till each man ...
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Samuel Johnson, 1809
10
The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With ...
Swear priests,8 and cowards, and men cautelous,9 6 Till each man drop by lottery.] Perhaps the poet alluded to the custom os decimntion , i. e. the selection by lot os every tenth soldier, in a general mutiny, sor punishment. He speaks os this ...
William Shakespeare, 1793

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cautelous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cautelous>. Apr 2024 ».
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