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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incautiously/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incautiously/#x2)
- Toad incautiously boasted to the gaoler's daughter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incautiously/#x3)
- The fox crept incautiously into the farmyard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incautiously/#x4)
- She incautiously told everyone the secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incautiously/#x5)
- Never cross the road incautiously. [tree →](https://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «incautiously» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incautiously/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.