Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure;
- Example: "gave precautionary advice"- Example: "I would take precautionary steps to keep him away"[syn: precautionary, precautional]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Precautional \Pre*cau"tion*al\, a.
Precautionary.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
precautional
adj 1: taken in advance to protect against possible danger or
failure; "gave precautionary advice"; "I would take
precautionary steps to keep him away" [syn:
precautionary, precautional]