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Too cautious; cautious or prudent to excess.

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  1. a. Too cautious; cautious or prudent to excess.
  2. adj. unnecessarily cautious
  3. Too cautious; cautious or prudent to excess. -- O"ver*cau"tious*ly, adv. -- O"ver*cau"tiou*ness, n.
  4. Too cautious; cautious or prudent to excess.-- O"ver*cau"tious*ly, adv.-- O"ver*cau"tiou*ness, n.
  5. s unnecessarily cautious