Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Incautiously.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Incautiously.
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- adverb Without
caution .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Muro's scouts had the fortune to capture one of the Illyas, who was evidently one of the hunters, and the captive was brought in at the time when some of his own men had advanced uncautiously too far.
The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages Roger Thompson Finlay
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Momma observed rather uncautiously that the smell of it was enough, at which Mrs. Portheris remarked, with some asperity, that she hoped Mrs. Wick would never be obliged to be indebted to the
A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') Sara Jeannette Duncan
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A head uncautiously raised above the line, would be sure to get a bullet in or near it.
History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert
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One day, at a hunting party, Henry II uncautiously told Orange of a plan he had made with Philip to stamp out every heretic in their dominions of France and the Netherlands by a sudden deadly onslaught that would allow the Protestants no time for resistance.
Heroes of Modern Europe Alice Birkhead
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The neigh of a horse, the sight of an uncautiously exposed head or hand, would have been sufficient to betray their whereabouts, and sooner or later the attack would have come.
The Silver Canyon A Tale of the Western Plains George Manville Fenn 1870
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Cornelius so uncautiously opened his heart, she did not despair of progressing quickly enough to write, after eight days at the latest, to the prisoner an account of his tulip.
The Black Tulip Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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“If any man has any fault to object against my preaching, as being obscure or uncautiously uttered, I am ready to explain my doctrine by further discourse; for I have never preached anything contrary to the truth, or contrary to the decrees of the Fathers, nor, as far as I know, contrary to the Catholic faith.
Luther and Other Leaders of the Reformation 1823-1886 1883
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