precautionary

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English

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Etymology

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From precaution +‎ -ary.

Adjective

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precautionary (comparative more precautionary, superlative most precautionary)

  1. 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.

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Noun

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precautionary (plural precautionaries)

  1. (obsolete) A precaution.