cautelous
Adjective

cautelous

  1. (obsolete) Skillful in trickery or deception; cunning, wily.
  2. (obsolete) Cautious, careful.
    • 1624, John Smith (explorer), Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 140:
      Some are of disposition fearefull, some bold, most cautelous, all Savage.
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