incautiously

«incautiously» in Mova's school dictionary: Without care; carelessly, without thinking about danger… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

Without care; carelessly, without thinking about danger or consequences. tree →

sense 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 →
• He leaned incautiously over the side of the boat and fell in. tree →
• Toad incautiously boasted to the gaoler's daughter. tree →
• The fox crept incautiously into the farmyard. tree →
• She incautiously told everyone the secret. tree →
• Never cross the road incautiously. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «incautiously» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.