precautionary

English

Etymology

precaution +‎ -ary

Adjective

precautionary (comparative more precautionary, superlative most precautionary)

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.

Translations

of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution

Bulgarian: предпазен (bg) (predpazen)
French: précautionneux (fr)
German: vorsorglich (de)
Italian: cautelare (it), precauzionale (it)
Spanish: preventivo (es), precautorio

Noun

precautionary (plural precautionaries)

(obsolete) A precaution.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
  Thou seest, Belford, by the above precautionaries, that I forget nothing.

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