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incautiously

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In an incautious manner; with a lack of caution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

without caution or prudence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: carelessly

Antonyms: cautiously

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English incautious Middle English -ly English -ly English incautiously From incautious + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: incautament — without caution
  • Finnish: varomattomasti — without caution
  • French: imprudemment — without caution
  • German: unvorsichtig — without caution
  • Macedonian: непретпазливо (nepretpazlivo) — without caution
  • Russian: неосторо́жно (neostoróžno) — without caution