English Explanatory Dictionary

cautelous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Skillful in trickery or deception; cunning, wily.
Cautious, careful.

Word forms

cautelous more cautelous most cautelous

Etymology

From Middle French cauteleux.

Related words

cautel cautelously cautelousness

Derived words

incautelous

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