Cautelous

Cau″te‐lous (?), a. [F. cauteleux, LL. cautelosus. See Cautel.] 1. Caution; prudent; wary. “Cautelous, though young.” Drayton.

2. Crafty; deceitful; false. Shak.

— Cau″te‐lous‐ly, adv. — Cau″te‐lous‐ness, n.