Guarded \Guard"ed\, a.
Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his
expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his
expressions were guarded. -- {Guard"edly}, adv. --
{Guard"ed*ness}, n.
guardedly
adv : in a conservative manner; "we estimated the number of
demonstrators conservatively at 200,000." [syn: {conservatively},
{cautiously}]