Which preposition to use with cautious

in Occurrences 81%

Genest then compares various scenes and expressions from The Lucky Chance with Mrs. Cowley and concludes 'The other scenes though they may differ in the dialogue yet agree in essentialsthe scene in the 5th act between Alexis and Gasper bears the strongest resemblance to that between Sir Feeble and Sir Cautious in The Lucky Chance.

of Occurrences 38%

" The astrologers were a set of cunning, equivocal rogues; the more cautious of whom only uttered their prognostications in obscure and ambiguous language, which might be applied to all things, times, princes, and nations whatever.

about Occurrences 24%

He was cautious about cultivatin' too close an acquaintance with such an animal, unless something oncommon obligated him to do so.

as Occurrences 13%

Once, near the threshold, a chubby face, very pale, with round eyes of shining jet, peered cautious as a mouse, and popped out of sight with a squeak.

than Occurrences 3%

The speaker was, if anything, a trifle more cautious than canny when he came to his "in conclusion," and his zeal touched the words with anti-climax.

for Occurrences 3%

And so you shall perceive that I went over-cautious for a great while in all that utter dark; but did think at last upon a plan to go with more surety and speed.

to Occurrences 2%

He was cautious to a fault, and has probably been very wise in his administration of college affairs.

at Occurrences 2%

And I lookt very cautious at the thing that moved beyond the fire, and surely I had seen no thing so monstrous since that I had come free of the Night Land; for it was as that some huge Creature, like to the hull of a great ship did move down out of the dark of the upper way of the Gorge.

on Occurrences 2%

We had some friendly conversation, but he seemed cautious on the subject of abolition.

round Occurrences 1%

(Here there was the usual accompaniment of appropriate gesture.) "'Mary,' he whispered, 'Mary, be she come?' "'Not yet, John,' says I. "He did squeeze hisself very cautious round the door, lookin' to right an' left, this way" (further pantomime).

through Occurrences 1%

Now, as you shall suppose, I went very cautious through the bushes, unto that red-shining fire; being careful, both that I did attract not any Evil Force that might listen in the Night, and because that there might be some Monster nigh to the fire-hole.

under Occurrences 1%

If a savage who had never seen a large plate-glass window, were to dash himself even once against it, he would for a long time afterward associate a shock with a window-frame; but, very differently from the pike, he would probably reflect on the nature of the impediment, and be cautious under analogous circumstances.

with Occurrences 1%

It is necessary to be cautious with respect to these early voyages, which, having gone through various transcriptions and translations, are liable to numerous errors.

within Occurrences 1%

But Beltane, riding slow and cautious within the green, heeded this not at all, nor the throb of his wounded arm, nor aught under heaven save the pressure of this slender body that lay so still, so warm and soft within his arm; and as he went, he began to wish for the moon that he might see her face.

without Occurrences 1%

He knows how to appear free and open without Danger of Intrusion, and to be cautious without seeming reserved.

after Occurrences 1%

Amsterdam, like a merchant grown cautious after having made his fortune by hazardous undertakings, begins to doze over her treasures.

against Occurrences 1%

During one of the late revivals in Scotland, a small farmer went about preaching with much fluency and zeal the doctrine of a "full assurance" of faith, and expressed his belief of it for himself in such extravagant terms as few men would venture upon who were humble and cautious against presumption.

among Occurrences 1%

When the runners "chaffed" him, nevertheless, it was in a mild way, and with manifest respect for his muscle,a sentiment in no way diminished when he suddenly clutched one of the least cautious among them by the nape of the neck, and held him out at arm's-length, for some seconds, over the drowny water that kept lazily licking at the green moss on the old stakes of the rickety pier.

before Occurrences 1%

He was cautious before this.

beyond Occurrences 1%

It was necessary to pass a special examination to get the State certificate necessary to teach a district school, and this I had passed, but had still to undergo the questioning of the trustees of the district, canny and cautious beyond the common.

by Occurrences 1%

She was a year older than Ellen Ranger; but so skillfully was she got together that, had she confessed to forty or even thirty-eight, one who didn't know would have accepted her statement as too cautious by hardly more than a year or so.

like Occurrences 1%

Now, let's go to work cautious like.

over Occurrences 1%

Yet he was greatly cautious over his heart, lest it should be too fondly attached to them; and as he was one of the most eminent proficients I ever knew in the blessed science of resignation to the divine will, so there was no effect of that resignation which appeared to me more admirable than what related to the life of his children.

Which preposition to use with  cautious