What is the Latin word for warily?

The usual Latin words for “warily” are prōvideō, cautus, circumspiciō; also cōnsīderō, dīligenter. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“warily” in Latin

prōvideōto foresee; to be cautious; to act with foresight; to provide, see to cautuscautious, careful; circumspect, prudent; wary circumspiciōto look around, over, for, upon; to survey, examine or review; to seek or search for, look about for something with desi cōnsīderōto examine, look at or inspect, survey; to consider, reflect, contemplate, meditate dīligenterdiligently, carefully

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

warily

provide: caute: circumspecte: considerate: diligenter. To go warily to work, circumspectius facere aliquid; cautionem adhibere in re: to set about anything very warely, omne cautionis genus adhibere in aliqua re.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for warily?: The usual Latin words for “warily” are prōvideō, cautus, circumspiciō; also cōnsīderō, dīligenter. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.