precautionary
English
editEtymology
editFrom precaution + -ary.
Adjective
editprecautionary (comparative more precautionary, superlative most precautionary)
- Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution.
- The port cities were quarantined as a precautionary measure, though no cases of the disease had been found.
Translations
editof, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution
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Noun
editprecautionary (plural precautionaries)
- (obsolete) A precaution.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
- Thou seest, Belford, by the above precautionaries, that I forget nothing.