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# incautiously

adverb

«incautiously» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Without care; carelessly, without thinking about danger or consequences. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incautiously/#m1)

### In the lessons

A formal story word showing that a character acts or speaks rashly and gets into trouble: «incautiously leaned over the edge», «spoke incautiously». In Alice in Wonderland, Alice incautiously mentions her cat Dinah to the Mouse and the birds, who all run away.

### Examples

- Alice incautiously mentioned her cat to the Mouse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incautiously/#x1)
- He leaned incautiously over the side of the boat and fell in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incautiously/#x2)
- Toad incautiously boasted to the gaoler's daughter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incautiously/#x3)
- The fox crept incautiously into the farmyard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incautiously/#x4)
- She incautiously told everyone the secret. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incautiously/#x5)
- Never cross the road incautiously. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incautiously/#x6)

### Note

Adverb from «incautious» (not cautious). Prefix «in-» = not. Similar: carelessly, rashly. Opposite: cautiously, carefully.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «incautiously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incautiously/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«incautiously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/incautiously.html) on Mova free.