Synonyms for cautiously
cau·tious·ly

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1. cautiously, carefullyadverb

   as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact

   "she ventured cautiously downstairs"; "they handled the incident with kid gloves"

   Synonyms:
   carefully, guardedly, conservatively

   Antonyms:
   carelessly, incautiously

2. conservatively, cautiously, guardedlyadverb

   in a conservative manner

   "we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000."

   Synonyms:
   carefully, guardedly, conservatively

   Antonyms:
   incautiously, carelessly

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1. tentatively

   subject to further confirmation; not definitely, or to do something in a way that lacks confidence; hesitantly

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

2. testingly

   with care or caution

   Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "cautiously":

   prudently, carefully, warily, gingerly, wisely, conservatively, reservedly, reticently

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1. Jim Mattis:

   We're all cautiously optimistic that we may be on the right path for the denuclearization of the North Korea peninsula.

2. Takashi Yamashita:

   We must cautiously consider the impact of completely removing the requirement (to prove) violence or intimidation.

3. Mark Twain:

   Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world and give out fictitious ones in their stead for general consumption.

4. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab:

   We are at a delicate and dangerous stage and we need to make sure that the next steps are sure-footed, we are proceeding very cautiously and we are sticking to the medical advice, the scientific advice, with the social distancing measures, at this time, while doing all the homework to make sure that we're prepared in due course for the next phase.

5. Chris Beauchamp:

   Cautiously positive this morning, the worry in European markets is that they won't act enough this week or the next week to try to stabilize (sentiment).