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Webster 1913 Edition


Precautionary

Pre-cau′tion-a-ry

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to precaution, or precautions;
as,
precautionary
signals
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Precautionary

PRECAU'TIONARY

,
Adj.
Containing previous caution; as precautionary advice or admonition.
1.
Proceeding from previous caution; adapted to prevent mischief or secure good; as precautionary measures.

Definition 2024


precautionary

precautionary

English

Adjective

precautionary (comparative more precautionary, superlative most precautionary)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution
    The article 3.3 of the UNFCCC states the precautionary principle.

Translations

Noun

precautionary (plural precautionaries)

  1. (obsolete) A precaution.
    • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa
      Thou seest, Belford, by the above precautionaries, that I forget nothing.