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Cautelous vs Cautelousness - What's the difference?

cautelous | cautelousness | Related terms |

Cautelousness is a related term of cautelous.



As an adjective cautelous

is skillful in trickery or deception; cunning, wily.

As a noun cautelousness is

the state or quality of being cautelous.

cautelous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Skillful in trickery or deception; cunning, wily.
  • * 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
    • I am not able to unfold, how this cautelous enterprise of licencing can be exempted from the number of vain and impossible attempts.
  • (obsolete) Cautious, careful.
  • * 1624 , , Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 140:
    • Some are of disposition fearefull, some bold, most cautelous , all Savage.

    Related terms

    * cautel * cautelously * cautelousness

    cautelousness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of being cautelous.