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cautelarmente

as a precaution

adverb kow-teh-LAHR-men-teh Rare

Also means

preventively

Usage Note

Cautelarmente is a formal legal and administrative adverb derived from cautelar (precautionary). It appears almost exclusively in legal texts — detenido cautelarmente (held on precautionary grounds), suspendido cautelarmente — and would sound odd in everyday speech, where por precaución is preferred.

Examples

"El directivo fue suspendido cautelarmente."

Natural Translation

The executive was suspended as a precaution.

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