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Cautionary adj.

Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals.

Given as a pledge or as security. "He hated Barnevelt, for his getting the cautionary towns out of his hands."

Wary; cautious. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Cautionary'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cautionary" Quotes from Famous Books

... or else go into perpetual exile. To remain in France without abjuring heresy was thenceforth a mortal crime, to be expiated upon the gallows. As a matter of course, all Huguenots were instantaneously incapacitated from public office, the mixed chambers of justice were abolished, and the cautionary towns were to be restored. On the other hand, the Guise faction were to receive certain cities into their possession, as pledges that this sanguinary edict should ...

— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... pictured countenance was resolute enough, always put in a shrewd and cautionary amendment, whenever Stewart came down the room, stiffened by the counsel of Angus, "Mind ye, laddie, when ye tak', that the mon wha tak's slidd'ry serpents to tussle wi' 'em, he haes nae hand to use for his ainsel' ...

— All-Wool Morrison • Holman Day

... way she cut dirt was cautionary; she cleared stumps, ditches, windfalls and every thing, and made a straight track of it for home as the crow flies. Oh, she was a dipper: she fairly flow again, and if ever she flagged, I laid it into her with the ash saplin, and away we started agin, as ...

— The Attache - or, Sam Slick in England, Complete • Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Words linked to "Cautionary" : admonitory, monitory, warning, caution, dissuasive, protective, exemplary, prophylactic