Cautiously \Cau"tious*ly\, adv. In a cautious manner.
cautiously adv 1: with caution or prudence or tact; "she ventured cautiously downstairs"; "they handled the incident with kid gloves" [syn: {carefully}, {with kid gloves}] [ant: {incautiously}, {incautiously}] 2: in a conservative manner; "we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000." [syn: {conservatively}, {guardedly}]