cautious

One of them, turning about, said to him: “That is the very reason why we are so cautious; for if you yesterday treated us better than the Goats you have had so long, it is plain also that if others came after us, you would in the same manner prefer them to ourselves.”

Then he descended with cautious and slow step, for he dreaded lest an accident similar to that he had so adroitly feigned should happen in reality.

He had played nearly every day at one club or other, but he was a cautious player, and usually rose a winner.

When Jane and Elizabeth were alone, the former, who had been cautious in her praise of Mr.