2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cautionary \Cau"tion*a*ry\, a.
1. Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as
cautionary signals.
2. Given as a pledge or as security.
He hated Barnevelt, for his getting the cautionary
towns out of his hands. --Bp. Burnet.
3. Wary; cautious. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cautionary
adj 1: tending to ward off "the swastika...a very ancient
prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"-
Victor Schultze [syn: {preventive}, {prophylactic}]
2: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an
exemplary jail sentence" [syn: {admonitory}, {exemplary},
{monitory}, {warning(a)}]
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