Antonyms for cautiouslycau·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"

   Antonyms:
   carelessly, incautiously

   Synonyms:
   carefully, guardedly, conservatively

2. conservatively, cautiously, guardedlyadverb

   in a conservative manner

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

   Antonyms:
   incautiously, carelessly

   Synonyms:
   carefully, guardedly, conservatively

How to use cautiously in a sentence?

1. Matthew Zahn:

   We remain cautiously optimistic, clearly we will learn a great deal over the next few months as people get vaccinated and we follow the epidemiology of the variants.

2. Donald Tusk:

   I am cautiously optimistic, but frankly speaking, more cautious than optimistic.

3. The Byers:

   She has a normal urine test, so we’re cautiously optimistic.

4. Peter Salama:

   We're cautiously optimistic but there's a lot of work, we've learned the hard way in the past to never underestimate Ebola.

5. Matteo Berrettini:

   I have forever done everything cautiously, but now it is time to be a risk taker.

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